Jon Leech 712755f688 Change log for July 15, 2017 Vulkan 1.0.55 spec update:
* Bump API patch number and header version number to 55 for this update.

Github Issues:

  * Removed unintended optional parameter in +vk.xml+ from the
    pname:pWaitSemaphores member of slink:VkPresentInfoKHR, which resulted
    in the generation of an incorrect implicit valid usage clause allowing
    pname:pWaitSemaphores to be NULL even when pname:waitSemaphoreCount is
    non-zero (public issue 491).
  * Add missing attribute to +vk.xml+ documenting that
    slink:VkSwapchainCounterCreateInfoEXT extends
    slink:VkSwapchainCreateInfo (public issue 510).
  * Add const qualifier for some `VK_EXT_debug_market` extension command
    parameters that were missing it (public issue 513).
  * Fix definition of q and level~base~ in
    <<textures-image-level-selection,Image Level(s) Selection>> (public
    issue 515).
  * Clarify lifetime requirement for slink:VkRenderPass objects used in
    object creation (public issue 516).
  * Fix link to floating/normalized fixed-point conversion from
    <<interfaces-fragmentoutput,Fragment Output Interface>> (public issue
    521).

Internal Issues:

  * Update the style guide to include the general structure of a Vulkan
    command name, the specific rule for using "`Get`" vs. "`Enumerate`" in
    names, and a table of verbs commonly used in command names (spinoff of
    internal issue 753).
  * Clarified the behavior of automatic layout transitions in case of
    attachment views that are 2D or 2D array views of 3D images. In
    addition, restructured the valid usage clauses corresponding to the
    members of the slink:VkImageSubresourceRange structure and added missing
    valid usage clauses for its pname:baseMipLevel and pname:baseArrayLayer
    members (internal issues 803, 849).
  * Modify `GL_KHR_vulkan_glsl` specification to allow explicit std430 on a
    push_constant declaration (internal issue 919).

Other Commits:

  * Modify <<synchronization-framebuffer-regions, Framebuffer Region
    Dependencies>> to use synchronization scope terminology.
  * Add ename:VK_COLOR_SPACE_EXTENDED_SRGB_NONLINEAR_EXT to the
    `VK_EXT_swapchain_colorspace` extension.
  * Replace XML comments with `comment` attributes and/or tags, to enable
    tools which transform the XML without loss of information.
  * Replace `validextensionstructs` with `structextends`, which is tagged in
    the child structure instead of the parent. This makes it slightly
    simpler to add new structs to the XML, causes fewer merge conflicts, and
    the information is kept localized to the extension structures where it
    belongs. The old `validextensionstructs` attributes will be retained
    until we're certain this doesn't cause problems with known consumers of
    +vk.xml+.
2017-07-16 17:20:08 -07:00

Vulkan^(R)^ API Documentation Project
=====================================

This repository contains formal documentation of the Vulkan API. This
includes the main API Specification, the reference (man) pages, the XML API
Registry, and related tools and scripts.

Single-Branch Model
-------------------

As of the 1.0.25 release, we have switched to a new "`single-branch`" model
in which all extensions are included in the source of the 1.0 branch of the
Specification, and can be configured in or out of the build using Makefile
options.

Repository Structure
--------------------

```
README.adoc             This file
ChangeLog.txt           Change log summary for each public spec update
doc/specs/              Main documentation tree
    vulkan/             Vulkan specification
        appendices/     Appendices - one file each
        chapters/       Chapters - one file each
        config/         asciidoc configuration
        images/         Images (figures, diagrams, icons)
        man/            Reference (manual) pages for API, mostly extracted from the spec source
    misc/               Related specifications (GL_KHR_vulkan_glsl)
src/spec/               XML API Registry (vk.xml) and related scripts
src/vulkan/             Vulkan headers, generated from the Registry
```

Building the Specification and Reference Pages
----------------------------------------------

As of the 1.0.40 release, we have moved from the old `asciidoc` toolchain to
a new one based on `asciidoctor`. See `doc/specs/vulkan/README.adoc` for
more information on installing the toolchain and building the Specification.

Generating Headers and Related Files
------------------------------------

The header file (`src/vulkan/vulkan.h`) and many parts of the specification
and reference page documents are generated from descriptions in the XML API
Registry (`src/spec/vk.xml`). The generated files, with the exception of
`vulkan.h`, are not checked into the repository. If you change `vk.xml`, you
can regenerate the header by going to `src/spec` and running:

    $ make clobber install

The other generated files are built as required via dependencies in
`doc/specs/vulkan/Makefile` .
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