VK_NV_device_diagnostics_config(3)

# VK_NV_device_diagnostics_config(3) Manual Page

## Name

VK_NV_device_diagnostics_config - device extension

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## Registered Extension Number

301

## Revision

2

## Ratification Status

Not ratified

## Extension and Version Dependencies

VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2
or
Vulkan Version 1.1

## Contact

- Kedarnath Thangudu [GitHub]kthangudu

## Other Extension Metadata

Last Modified Date

  2022-04-06

Contributors

  - Kedarnath Thangudu, NVIDIA

  - Thomas Klein, NVIDIA

## Description

Applications using Nvidia Nsight™ Aftermath SDK for Vulkan to integrate device crash dumps into their error reporting mechanisms, may use this extension to configure options related to device crash dump creation.

Version 2 of this extension adds VK_DEVICE_DIAGNOSTICS_CONFIG_ENABLE_SHADER_ERROR_REPORTING_BIT_NV which when set enables enhanced reporting of shader execution errors.

## New Structures

- Extending VkDeviceCreateInfo:

  - VkDeviceDiagnosticsConfigCreateInfoNV

- Extending VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2, VkDeviceCreateInfo:

  - VkPhysicalDeviceDiagnosticsConfigFeaturesNV

## New Enums

- VkDeviceDiagnosticsConfigFlagBitsNV

## New Bitmasks

- VkDeviceDiagnosticsConfigFlagsNV

## New Enum Constants

- `VK_NV_DEVICE_DIAGNOSTICS_CONFIG_EXTENSION_NAME`

- `VK_NV_DEVICE_DIAGNOSTICS_CONFIG_SPEC_VERSION`

- Extending VkStructureType:

  - VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DEVICE_DIAGNOSTICS_CONFIG_CREATE_INFO_NV

  - VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_DIAGNOSTICS_CONFIG_FEATURES_NV

## Version History

- Revision 1, 2019-11-21 (Kedarnath Thangudu)

  - Internal revisions

- Revision 2, 2022-04-06 (Kedarnath Thangudu)

  - Added a config bit VK_DEVICE_DIAGNOSTICS_CONFIG_ENABLE_SHADER_ERROR_REPORTING_BIT_NV

## See Also

No cross-references are available

## Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification.

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## Copyright

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