* Update release number to 124.
Github Issues:
* Fix Makefile SPECREMARK macro to work when not building in a git tree
(public issue 992).
* Ignore pname:aspectMask for unused attachments in
slink:VkSubpassDescription2KHR valid usage statements (public pull
request 1028).
* Minor markup / spelling fixes (public pull requests 1035, 1045).
Internal Issues:
* Fix markup in Valid Usage statement for slink:VkCreateFramebuffer
(internal issue 1823).
* Add a new <<synchronization-signal-operation-order, _signal operation
order_>> section to the synchronization chapter which describes in
detail the ordering guarantees provided by the API between fence and
semaphore signal operations (internal merge request 3368).
* Move generated `appendix/meta/` files into the Makefile GENERATED
directory (internal merge request 3381).
New Extensions
* `<<VK_KHR_shader_clock>>`
* `<<VK_KHR_timeline_semaphore>>`
* Update release number to 120.
Github Issues:
* Add slink:VkAccelerationStructureTypeNV explicitly to extension XML for
`<<VK_NV_ray_tracing>>` (public issue 848).
* Add missing valid usage statements for feature flags in
slink:VkCommandBufferInheritanceInfo (public pull request 1017).
Internal Issues:
* Clarify behavior of non-premultiplied destination colors for
`<<VK_EXT_blend_operation_advanced>>` prior to the definition of
slink:VkBlendOverlapEXT (internal issue 1766).
* Fix the confusing phrasing "`no other queue must: be (doing something)`"
for flink:vkQueuePresentKHR, flink:vkQueueSubmit, and
flink:vkQueueBindSparse (internal issue 1774).
* Add `<<VK_EXT_validation_features>>` flag to enable best practices
checks, which will soon be available in the validation layer (internal
issue 1779).
* Specify allowed characters for VUID tag name components in the style
guide (internal issue 1788).
* Update links to SPIR-V extension specifications, and parameterize their
markup in case the URLs change in the future (internal issue 1797).
* Fix an off-by-one error in the valid usage statement for
slink:VkPipelineExecutableInfoKHR (internal merge request 3303).
* Clean up markup indentation not matching the style guide (internal merge
request 3314).
* Minor script updates to allow refpage aliases, generate a dynamic TOC
for refpages, generate Apache rewrite rules for aliases, open external
links from refpages in a new window, and synchronize with the OpenCL
scripts. This will shortly enable a paned navigation setup for refpages,
similar to the OpenCL 2.2 refpages (internal merge request 3322).
* Script updates to add tests to the checker, refactor and reformat code,
generate better text for some valid usage statements, use more Pythonic
idioms, and synchronize with the OpenXR scripts (internal merge request
3239).
* Script updates and minor fixes in spec language to not raise checker
errors for refpage markup of pages not existing in the API, such as
VKAPI_NO_STDINT_H. Remove corresponding suppression of some
check_spec_links.py tests from .gitlab-ci.yml and 'allchecks' target
(internal merge request 3315).
* Update release number to 85.
Public Issues:
* Add self-dependency ename:VK_DEPENDENCY_BY_REGION_BIT valid usage
statements for slink:VkSubpassDependency(public pull request 778).
* Apply fix from pull request 742 to slink:VkSubpassDependency and
slink:VkSubpassDependency2 (public pull request 779).
* Specify the units of slink:VkBufferImageCopy::pname:bufferRowLength and
pname:bufferImageHeight as texels (public pull request 781).
* Better specify promoted parameter mapping in the
`<<VK_KHR_create_renderpass2>>` appendix (public pull request 782).
Internal Issues:
* Only include the <<fundamentals-validusage-versions, Valid Usage for
Newer Core Versions>> section in Vulkan 1.1 or later (internal issue
1381).
Other Issues:
* Clean up redundant valid usage language for the
`VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer` extension
interaction with slink:VkImageCreateInfo.
* Fix error in a flag name within valid usage statements for
slink:VkMemoryAllocateInfo.
* Clarify that memory types are not totally ordered in
slink:VkPhysicalDeviceMemoryProperties.
* For slink:VkWriteDescriptorSetInlineUniformBlockEXT, set
structextends="VkWriteDescriptorSet" in `vk.xml`, and make
slink:VkDescriptorSetLayoutBindingFlagsCreateInfoEXT::pname:pBindingFlags
optional.
* Add documentation of 'provisional' XML attribute to registry.txt.
New Extensions:
* `VK_NV_compute_shader_derivatives`
* `VK_NV_corner_sampled_image`
* `VK_NV_fragment_shader_barycentric`
* `VK_NV_mesh_shader`
* `VK_NV_representative_fragment_test`
* `VK_NV_scissor_exclusive`
* `VK_NV_shader_image_footprint`
* `VK_NV_shading_rate_image`
* `VK_NVX_raytracing`