* Update release number to 125.
Github Issues:
* Allow slink:VkRenderPassFragmentDensityMapCreateInfoEXT to extend
slink:VkRenderPassCreateInfo2KHR in `vk.xml` (public issue 1027).
* Fix markup in `<<VK_EXT_external_memory_dma_buf>>` appendix (public pull
request 1051).
* Update .gitignore (public pull request 1052).
Internal Issues:
* Disallowed slink:VkEvent from participating in queue family ownership
transfers in the <<devsandqueues-index, Queue Family Index>> section
(internal issue 1691).
* Relax language describing default NT handle access rights for
slink:VkExportMemoryWin32HandleInfoKHR and
slink:VkExportSemaphoreWin32HandleInfoKHR (internal issue 1838).
* Fix markup for slink:VkDeviceCreateInfo valid usage statement 00372 to
remove imbedded asciidoctor conditionals by splitting it into two VUs
(internal issue 1846).
* Clarify lifetime of samplers used as immutable samplers in
slink:VkDescriptorSetLayoutBinding (internal issue 1849).
* Add a valid usage statement prohibiting flink:vkCmdBeginQuery on
timestamp queries (internal issue 1851).
* Correct some <<Precision of GLSL.std.450 Instructions, SPIR-V
instruction precisions>> (internal merge request 3391).
* Fix a typo in flink:vkQueueBindSparse valid usage statement 03245
(internal merge request 3394).
New Extensions
* `<<VK_KHR_spirv_1_4>>`
* 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 122.
Internal Issues:
* Add style guide language on not using standalone `+` signs (internal
issue 736); not using leading whitespace for markup (internal issue
747); and on keeping descriptions of a single API in a contiguous block
of markup (internal issue 949), and apply them to the specification.
* Add a glossary definition of "`constant integral expression`", pointing
to the SPIR-V "`constant instruction`" definition (internal issue 1225).
* Many minor edits to improve writing style consistency and capture
additional style guidelines (internal issue 1553).
* Clarify that <<fragops-depth-write, depth writes are not performed>> if
there is no depth framebuffer attachment (internal issue 1771).
* Allow implementations to use rectangular line style of interpolation for
<<primsrast-lines-bresenham, wide Bresenham lines>>, though replicating
attributes is still preferred. Clarify that code:FragCoord is not
replicated (internal issue 1772).
* Resolve a contradiction in valid usage statements for
slink:VkImageCreateInfo and slink:VkImageStencilUsageCreateInfoEXT
(internal issue 1773).
* Add style guide discussion of markup for indented equations, and use
markup workaround for asciidoctor 2 compatibility (internal issue 1793).
* Deprecate the `<<VK_EXT_validation_flags>>` extension in `vk.xml` and
the extension appendix (internal issue 1801).
* Add a new checker script `scripts/xml_consistency.py`. This is not
currently run as part of internal CI (internal merge request 3285).
* Correct "`an`" -> "`a`" prepositions where needed (internal merge
request 3334).
* Clarify that the <<features-uniformBufferStandardLayout,
pname:uniformBufferStandardLayout>> feature is only required when the
extension defining it is supported (internal merge request 3341).
* Bring scripts into closer sync with OpenXR, mainly through conversion of
comments to docstrings where appropriate, and add gen-scripts-docs.sh
(internal merge request 3324).
* Correct pname:maxDrawMeshTasksCount to 2^16^-1 in the <<limits-required,
Required Limits>> table (internal merge requests 3361).
New Extensions
* `<<VK_IMG_format_pvrtc>>` (public issue 512).
* Update release number to 98.
Public Issues:
* Fix missing markup in flink:vkDestroyPipelineLayout valid usage
statement (pull request 882).
* Add missing contributors for `<<VK_EXT_buffer_device_address>>` (public
pull request 891).
Internal Issues:
* Detect nested bullet points in valid usage blocks and warn about them
during VUID assignment (internal issue 1382).
* Update the style guide to document the process for reserving new bits in
bitmask types (internal issue 1411).
* Clarify for slink:VkApplicationInfo::pname:apiVersion and in the
<<fundamentals-validusage-versions, Valid Usage for Newer Core
Versions>> section when it is valid for an application to use a certain
version of Vulkan API functionality (for an instance and for a
device/physical device); and when the validation layers must generate an
error (internal issue 1412).
* Add optional <<memory-model-availability-visibility, transitive
availability/visibility operations to the memory model, including a new
pname:vulkanMemoryModelAvailabilityVisibilityChains feature for
slink:VkPhysicalDeviceVulkanMemoryModelFeaturesKHR (internal issue
1460).
* Add the code:StorageBuffer storage class to those in the
<<interfaces-resources-descset, Descriptor Set Interface>> (internal
issue 1480).
* Add missing `returnedonly` tags for a number of returned extension
structures that can be passed in pname:pNext chains (internal issue
1515).
* Clean up and rearrange some spec language for
slink:VkRenderPassCreateInfo and slink:VkAttachmentReference.txt
(internal issue 1522).
* Correctly round the code:OpVectorTimesScalar and
code:OpMatrixTimesScalar SPIR-V operations in the <<Precision of core
SPIR-V Instructions>> table (internal merge request 2996).
* Work around cases in flink:vkCmdBeginTransformFeedbackEXT,
flink:vkCmdEndTransformFeedbackEXT, and
slink:VkPipelineCoverageModulationStateCreateInfoNV where an array
parameter is `optional` but the length is not in `vk.xml`. This is an
interim fix using `noautovalidity` + handcoded VU replacing those that
should be autogenerated (internal issue 2944 and
https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-ValidationLayers/issues/480).
* Remove redundant capability validation of the code:float16 and code:int8
SPIR-V capabilities from the <<spirvenv-capabilities, Capabilities>>
section, since they are already covered in the preceding table.
* Update check_spec_links script, including validation for reference page
open blocks. Fix errors identified by the script.
associated material at the top level, vk.xml and associated material in
xml/, and generated include and source files in include/vulkan/ and
src/ext_loader/, respectively (public issue 436).
