VkDriverId(3)

# VkDriverId(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkDriverId - Khronos driver IDs

## C Specification

Khronos driver IDs which may be returned in VkPhysicalDeviceDriverProperties::`driverID` are:

    // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_2
    typedef enum VkDriverId {
        VK_DRIVER_ID_AMD_PROPRIETARY = 1,
        VK_DRIVER_ID_AMD_OPEN_SOURCE = 2,
        VK_DRIVER_ID_MESA_RADV = 3,
        VK_DRIVER_ID_NVIDIA_PROPRIETARY = 4,
        VK_DRIVER_ID_INTEL_PROPRIETARY_WINDOWS = 5,
        VK_DRIVER_ID_INTEL_OPEN_SOURCE_MESA = 6,
        VK_DRIVER_ID_IMAGINATION_PROPRIETARY = 7,
        VK_DRIVER_ID_QUALCOMM_PROPRIETARY = 8,
        VK_DRIVER_ID_ARM_PROPRIETARY = 9,
        VK_DRIVER_ID_GOOGLE_SWIFTSHADER = 10,
        VK_DRIVER_ID_GGP_PROPRIETARY = 11,
        VK_DRIVER_ID_BROADCOM_PROPRIETARY = 12,
        VK_DRIVER_ID_MESA_LLVMPIPE = 13,
        VK_DRIVER_ID_MOLTENVK = 14,
        VK_DRIVER_ID_COREAVI_PROPRIETARY = 15,
        VK_DRIVER_ID_JUICE_PROPRIETARY = 16,
        VK_DRIVER_ID_VERISILICON_PROPRIETARY = 17,
        VK_DRIVER_ID_MESA_TURNIP = 18,
        VK_DRIVER_ID_MESA_V3DV = 19,
        VK_DRIVER_ID_MESA_PANVK = 20,
        VK_DRIVER_ID_SAMSUNG_PROPRIETARY = 21,
        VK_DRIVER_ID_MESA_VENUS = 22,
        VK_DRIVER_ID_MESA_DOZEN = 23,
        VK_DRIVER_ID_MESA_NVK = 24,
        VK_DRIVER_ID_IMAGINATION_OPEN_SOURCE_MESA = 25,
        VK_DRIVER_ID_MESA_HONEYKRISP = 26,
        VK_DRIVER_ID_VULKAN_SC_EMULATION_ON_VULKAN = 27,
        VK_DRIVER_ID_MESA_KOSMICKRISP = 28,
        VK_DRIVER_ID_MESA_GFXSTREAM = 29,
        VK_DRIVER_ID_APE_SOFT = 30,
      // Provided by VK_KHR_driver_properties
        VK_DRIVER_ID_AMD_PROPRIETARY_KHR = VK_DRIVER_ID_AMD_PROPRIETARY,
      // Provided by VK_KHR_driver_properties
        VK_DRIVER_ID_AMD_OPEN_SOURCE_KHR = VK_DRIVER_ID_AMD_OPEN_SOURCE,
      // Provided by VK_KHR_driver_properties
        VK_DRIVER_ID_MESA_RADV_KHR = VK_DRIVER_ID_MESA_RADV,
      // Provided by VK_KHR_driver_properties
        VK_DRIVER_ID_NVIDIA_PROPRIETARY_KHR = VK_DRIVER_ID_NVIDIA_PROPRIETARY,
      // Provided by VK_KHR_driver_properties
        VK_DRIVER_ID_INTEL_PROPRIETARY_WINDOWS_KHR = VK_DRIVER_ID_INTEL_PROPRIETARY_WINDOWS,
      // Provided by VK_KHR_driver_properties
        VK_DRIVER_ID_INTEL_OPEN_SOURCE_MESA_KHR = VK_DRIVER_ID_INTEL_OPEN_SOURCE_MESA,
      // Provided by VK_KHR_driver_properties
        VK_DRIVER_ID_IMAGINATION_PROPRIETARY_KHR = VK_DRIVER_ID_IMAGINATION_PROPRIETARY,
      // Provided by VK_KHR_driver_properties
        VK_DRIVER_ID_QUALCOMM_PROPRIETARY_KHR = VK_DRIVER_ID_QUALCOMM_PROPRIETARY,
      // Provided by VK_KHR_driver_properties
        VK_DRIVER_ID_ARM_PROPRIETARY_KHR = VK_DRIVER_ID_ARM_PROPRIETARY,
      // Provided by VK_KHR_driver_properties
        VK_DRIVER_ID_GOOGLE_SWIFTSHADER_KHR = VK_DRIVER_ID_GOOGLE_SWIFTSHADER,
      // Provided by VK_KHR_driver_properties
        VK_DRIVER_ID_GGP_PROPRIETARY_KHR = VK_DRIVER_ID_GGP_PROPRIETARY,
      // Provided by VK_KHR_driver_properties
        VK_DRIVER_ID_BROADCOM_PROPRIETARY_KHR = VK_DRIVER_ID_BROADCOM_PROPRIETARY,
    } VkDriverId;

    // Provided by VK_KHR_driver_properties
    // Equivalent to VkDriverId
    typedef VkDriverId VkDriverIdKHR;

## Description

Note | Khronos driver IDs may be allocated by vendors at any time. There may be multiple driver IDs for the same vendor, representing different drivers (for e.g. different platforms, proprietary or open source, etc.). Only the latest canonical versions of this Specification, of the corresponding `vk.xml` API Registry, and of the corresponding `vulkan_core.h` header file must contain all reserved Khronos driver IDs. Only driver IDs registered with Khronos are given symbolic names. There may be unregistered driver IDs returned.

## See Also

VK_KHR_driver_properties, VK_VERSION_1_2, VkPhysicalDeviceDriverProperties, VkPhysicalDeviceVulkan12Properties

## Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification.

This page is extracted from the Vulkan Specification. Fixes and changes should be made to the Specification, not directly.

## Copyright

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