Vulkan-Docs/doc/specs/vulkan/appendices/VK_KHX_device_group_creation.txt
Jon Leech fd0e4c3b67 Change log for February 27, 2017 Vulkan 1.0.42 spec update:
* Bump API patch number and header version number to 42 for this update
    (the first anniversary edition).

Github Issues:

  * Changed asciidoctor macros so cross-page links in the standalone
    reference pages function properly (public issue 462).

Internal Issues:

  * Clarified host visibility discussion for slink:VkMemoryType,
    flink:vkInvalidateMappedMemoryRanges, elink:VkAccessFlagBits, and the
    <<synchronization-framebuffer-regions,Framebuffer Region Dependencies>>
    section, removing duplicated information and adding a central definition
    in the access types section (internal issue 552).
  * Change description of
    slink:vkGetPhysicalDeviceSurfacePresentModesKHR::pname:pPresentModes to
    return an array of values, not structures (internal issue 699).

New Extensions:

  * Add a NOTE to the <<extensions,Layers & Extensions>> chapter describing
    the experimental status of `KHX` extensions.
  * Add new Khronos, Khronos Experimental, and vendor Vulkan extensions for
    release at GDC:
  ** VK_KHR_descriptor_update_template
  ** VK_KHR_push_descriptor
  ** VK_KHX_device_group
  ** VK_KHX_device_group_creation
  ** VK_KHX_external_memory
  ** VK_KHX_external_memory_capabilities
  ** VK_KHX_external_memory_fd
  ** VK_KHX_external_memory_win32
  ** VK_KHX_external_semaphore
  ** VK_KHX_external_semaphore_capabilities
  ** VK_KHX_external_semaphore_fd
  ** VK_KHX_external_semaphore_win32
  ** VK_KHX_multiview
  ** VK_KHX_win32_keyed_mutex
  ** VK_EXT_discard_rectangles
  ** VK_MVK_ios_surface
  ** VK_MVK_macos_surface
  ** VK_NVX_multiview_per_view_attributes
  ** VK_NV_clip_space_w_scaling
  ** VK_NV_geometry_shader_passthrough
  ** VK_NV_sample_mask_override_coverage
  ** VK_NV_viewport_array2
  ** VK_NV_viewport_swizzle
  * Add new GLSL vendor extensions to support new builtin variables:
  ** GL_EXT_device_group
  ** GL_EXT_multiview
2017-02-26 22:54:26 -08:00

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// Copyright (c) 2016-2017 The Khronos Group Inc.
// Copyright notice at https://www.khronos.org/registry/speccopyright.html
[[VK_KHX_device_group_creation]]
== VK_KHX_device_group_creation
*Name String*::
+VK_KHX_device_group_creation+
*Extension Type*::
Instance extension
*Registered Extension Number*::
71
*Status*::
Draft.
*Last Modified Date*::
2016-10-19
*Revision*::
1
*IP Status*::
No known IP claims.
*Dependencies*::
- This extension is written against version 1.0 of the Vulkan API.
*Contributors*::
- Jeff Bolz, NVIDIA
*Contacts*::
- Jeff Bolz (jbolz 'at' nvidia.com)
This extension provides instance-level commands to enumerate groups of
physical devices, and to create a logical device from a subset of one of
those groups.
Such a logical device can then be used with new features in the
VK_KHX_device_group extension.
=== New Object Types
None.
=== New Enum Constants
* Extending ename:VkStructureType:
** ename:VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_GROUP_PROPERTIES_KHX
* Extending ename:VkMemoryHeapFlagBits
** ename:VK_MEMORY_HEAP_MULTI_INSTANCE_BIT_KHX
=== New Enums
None.
=== New Structures
* slink:VkPhysicalDeviceGroupPropertiesKHX
* slink:VkDeviceGroupDeviceCreateInfoKHX
=== New Functions
* flink:vkEnumeratePhysicalDeviceGroupsKHX
=== Issues
None.
=== Examples
[source,c++]
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VkDeviceCreateInfo devCreateInfo = { VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DEVICE_CREATE_INFO };
// (not shown) fill out devCreateInfo as usual.
uint32_t deviceGroupCount = 0;
VkPhysicalDeviceGroupPropertiesKHX *props = NULL;
// Query the number of device groups
vkEnumeratePhysicalDeviceGroupsKHX(g_vkInstance, &deviceGroupCount, NULL);
// Allocate and initialize structures to query the device groups
props = (VkPhysicalDeviceGroupPropertiesKHX *)malloc(deviceGroupCount*sizeof(VkPhysicalDeviceGroupPropertiesKHX));
for (i = 0; i < deviceGroupCount; ++i) {
props[i].sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_GROUP_PROPERTIES_KHX;
props[i].pNext = NULL;
}
vkEnumeratePhysicalDeviceGroupsKHX(g_vkInstance, &deviceGroupCount, props);
// If the first device group has more than one physical device. create
// a logical device using all of the physical devices.
VkDeviceGroupDeviceCreateInfoKHX deviceGroupInfo = { VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DEVICE_GROUP_DEVICE_CREATE_INFO_KHX };
if (props[0].physicalDeviceCount > 1) {
deviceGroupInfo.physicalDeviceCount = props[0].physicalDeviceCount;
deviceGroupInfo.pPhysicalDevices = props[0].physicalDevices;
devCreateInfo.pNext = &deviceGroupInfo;
}
vkCreateDevice(props[0].physicalDevices[0], &devCreateInfo, NULL, &g_vkDevice);
free(props);
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=== Version History
* Revision 1, 2016-10-19 (Jeff Bolz)
- Internal revisions