include::meta/VK_EXT_validation_features.txt[]

*Last Modified Date*::
    2018-11-14
*IP Status*::
    No known IP claims.
*Contributors*::
  - Karl Schultz, LunarG
  - Dave Houlton, LunarG
  - Mark Lobodzinski, LunarG

This extension provides the slink:VkValidationFeaturesEXT struct that can be
included in the pname:pNext chain of the slink:VkInstanceCreateInfo
structure passed as the pname:pCreateInfo parameter of
flink:vkCreateInstance.
The structure contains an array of elink:VkValidationFeatureEnableEXT enum
values that enable specific validation features that are disabled by
default.
The structure also contains an array of elink:VkValidationFeatureDisableEXT
enum values that disable specific validation layer features that are enabled
by default.

[NOTE]
.Note
====
The `<<VK_EXT_validation_features>>` extension subsumes all the
functionality provided in the `<<VK_EXT_validation_flags>>` extension.
====

=== New Enum Constants

  * Extending elink:VkStructureType:
  ** ename:VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_VALIDATION_FEATURES_EXT

=== New Enums

  * elink:VkValidationFeatureEnableEXT
  * elink:VkValidationFeatureDisableEXT

=== New Structures

  * slink:VkValidationFeaturesEXT

=== New Functions

None.

=== Issues

None.

=== Version History

 * Revision 1, 2018-11-14 (Karl Schultz)
   - Initial revision