Vulkan-Docs/doc/specs/vulkan/appendices/VK_KHR_xcb_surface.txt

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// Copyright (c) 2014-2017 The Khronos Group Inc.
// Copyright notice at https://www.khronos.org/registry/speccopyright.html
[[VK_KHR_xcb_surface]]
== VK_KHR_xcb_surface
*Name String*::
+VK_KHR_xcb_surface+
*Extension Type*::
Instance extension
*Registered Extension Number*::
6
*Last Modified Date*::
2015-11-28
*Revision*::
6
*IP Status*::
No known IP claims.
*Dependencies*::
- This extension is written against version 1.0 of the Vulkan API.
- Requires +VK_KHR_surface+.
*Contributors*::
- Patrick Doane, Blizzard
- Jason Ekstrand, Intel
- Ian Elliott, LunarG
- Courtney Goeltzenleuchter, LunarG
- Jesse Hall, Google
- James Jones, NVIDIA
- Antoine Labour, Google
- Jon Leech, Khronos
- David Mao, AMD
- Norbert Nopper, Freescale
- Alon Or-bach, Samsung
- Daniel Rakos, AMD
- Graham Sellers, AMD
- Ray Smith, ARM
- Jeff Vigil, Qualcomm
- Chia-I Wu, LunarG
*Contacts*::
- Jesse Hall, Google
- Ian Elliott, LunarG
The +VK_KHR_xcb_surface+ extension is an instance extension.
It provides a mechanism to create a slink:VkSurfaceKHR object (defined by
the +VK_KHR_surface extension+) that refers to an X11 code:Window, using the
XCB client-side library, as well as a query to determine support for
rendering via XCB.
=== New Object Types
None
=== New Enum Constants
* Extending ename:VkStructureType:
** ename:VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_XCB_SURFACE_CREATE_INFO_KHR
=== New Enums
None
=== New Structures
* slink:VkXcbSurfaceCreateInfoKHR
=== New Functions
* flink:vkCreateXcbSurfaceKHR
* flink:vkGetPhysicalDeviceXcbPresentationSupportKHR
=== Issues
1) Does XCB need a way to query for compatibility between a particular
physical device and a specific screen? This would be a more general query
than flink:vkGetPhysicalDeviceSurfaceSupportKHR: If it returned true, then
the physical device could be assumed to support presentation to any window
on that screen.
*RESOLVED*: Yes, this is needed for toolkits that want to create a
slink:VkDevice before creating a window.
To ensure the query is reliable, it must be made against a particular X
visual rather than the screen in general.
=== Version History
* Revision 1, 2015-09-23 (Jesse Hall)
- Initial draft, based on the previous contents of VK_EXT_KHR_swapchain
(later renamed VK_EXT_KHR_surface).
* Revision 2, 2015-10-02 (James Jones)
- Added presentation support query for an (xcb_connection_t*,
xcb_visualid_t) pair.
- Removed "root" parameter from CreateXcbSurfaceKHR(), as it is redundant
when a window on the same screen is specified as well.
- Adjusted wording of issue #1 and added agreed upon resolution.
* Revision 3, 2015-10-14 (Ian Elliott)
- Removed "root" parameter from CreateXcbSurfaceKHR() in one more place.
* Revision 4, 2015-10-26 (Ian Elliott)
- Renamed from VK_EXT_KHR_xcb_surface to VK_KHR_xcb_surface.
* Revision 5, 2015-10-23 (Daniel Rakos)
- Added allocation callbacks to vkCreateXcbSurfaceKHR.
* Revision 6, 2015-11-28 (Daniel Rakos)
- Updated the surface create function to take a pCreateInfo structure.