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// Copyright (c) 2014-2016 Khronos Group. This work is licensed under a
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// Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License; see
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// http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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vkCreateDevice(3)
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=================
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Name
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vkCreateDevice - Create a new device instance.
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C Specification
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// refBegin vkCreateDevice Create a new device instance.
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A logical device is created as a _connection_ to a physical device. To
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create a logical device, call:
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include::../api/protos/vkCreateDevice.txt[]
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Parameters
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----------
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* pname:physicalDevice must: be one of the device handles returned from a
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call to fname:vkEnumeratePhysicalDevices (see
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<<devsandqueues-physical-device-enumeration, Physical Device
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Enumeration>>).
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* pname:pCreateInfo is a pointer to a slink:VkDeviceCreateInfo structure
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containing information about how to create the device.
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* pname:pAllocator controls host memory allocation as described in the
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<<memory-allocation, Memory Allocation>> chapter.
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* pname:pDevice points to a handle in which the created sname:VkDevice is
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returned.
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Description
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-----------
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Multiple logical devices can: be created from the same physical device.
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Logical device creation may: fail due to lack of device-specific resources
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(in addition to the other errors). If that occurs, fname:vkCreateDevice will
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return ename:VK_ERROR_TOO_MANY_OBJECTS.
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include::../validity/protos/vkCreateDevice.txt[]
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See Also
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--------
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slink:VkAllocationCallbacks, slink:VkDevice, slink:VkDeviceCreateInfo, slink:VkPhysicalDevice
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Document Notes
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For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL
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https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/xhtml/vkspec.html#vkCreateDevice
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This page is extracted from the Vulkan Specification.
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Fixes and changes should be made to the Specification,not directly.
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include::footer.txt[]
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