VK_EXT_vertex_input_dynamic_state(3)

# VK_EXT_vertex_input_dynamic_state(3) Manual Page

## Name

VK_EXT_vertex_input_dynamic_state - device extension

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## Registered Extension Number

353

## Revision

2

## Ratification Status

Ratified

## Extension and Version Dependencies

VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2
or
Vulkan Version 1.1

## Contact

- Piers Daniell [GitHub]pdaniell-nv

## Other Extension Metadata

Last Modified Date

  2020-08-21

IP Status

  No known IP claims.

Contributors

  - Jeff Bolz, NVIDIA

  - Spencer Fricke, Samsung

  - Stu Smith, AMD

## Description

One of the states that contributes to the combinatorial explosion of pipeline state objects that need to be created, is the vertex input binding and attribute descriptions. By allowing them to be dynamic applications may reduce the number of pipeline objects they need to create.

This extension adds dynamic state support for what is normally static state in VkPipelineVertexInputStateCreateInfo.

## New Commands

- vkCmdSetVertexInputEXT

## New Structures

- VkVertexInputAttributeDescription2EXT

- VkVertexInputBindingDescription2EXT

- Extending VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2, VkDeviceCreateInfo:

  - VkPhysicalDeviceVertexInputDynamicStateFeaturesEXT

## New Enum Constants

- `VK_EXT_VERTEX_INPUT_DYNAMIC_STATE_EXTENSION_NAME`

- `VK_EXT_VERTEX_INPUT_DYNAMIC_STATE_SPEC_VERSION`

- Extending VkDynamicState:

  - VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_VERTEX_INPUT_EXT

- Extending VkStructureType:

  - VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_VERTEX_INPUT_DYNAMIC_STATE_FEATURES_EXT

  - VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_VERTEX_INPUT_ATTRIBUTE_DESCRIPTION_2_EXT

  - VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_VERTEX_INPUT_BINDING_DESCRIPTION_2_EXT

## Version History

- Revision 2, 2020-11-05 (Piers Daniell)

  - Make VkVertexInputBindingDescription2EXT extensible

  - Add new VkVertexInputAttributeDescription2EXT structure for the `pVertexAttributeDescriptions` parameter to vkCmdSetVertexInputEXT so it is also extensible

- Revision 1, 2020-08-21 (Piers Daniell)

  - Internal revisions

## See Also

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## Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification.

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## Copyright

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