VK_EXT_texel_buffer_alignment(3)

# VK_EXT_texel_buffer_alignment(3) Manual Page

## Name

VK_EXT_texel_buffer_alignment - device extension

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## Registered Extension Number

282

## Revision

1

## Ratification Status

Not ratified

## Extension and Version Dependencies

VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2
or
Vulkan Version 1.1

## Deprecation State

- Promoted to Vulkan 1.3

## Contact

- Jeff Bolz [GitHub]jeffbolznv

## Other Extension Metadata

Last Modified Date

  2019-06-06

IP Status

  No known IP claims.

Contributors

  - Jeff Bolz, NVIDIA

## Description

This extension adds more expressive alignment requirements for uniform and storage texel buffers. Some implementations have single texel alignment requirements that cannot be expressed via VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::`minTexelBufferOffsetAlignment`.

## New Structures

- Extending VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2, VkDeviceCreateInfo:

  - VkPhysicalDeviceTexelBufferAlignmentFeaturesEXT

- Extending VkPhysicalDeviceProperties2:

  - VkPhysicalDeviceTexelBufferAlignmentPropertiesEXT

## New Enum Constants

- `VK_EXT_TEXEL_BUFFER_ALIGNMENT_EXTENSION_NAME`

- `VK_EXT_TEXEL_BUFFER_ALIGNMENT_SPEC_VERSION`

- Extending VkStructureType:

  - `VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_TEXEL_BUFFER_ALIGNMENT_FEATURES_EXT`

  - `VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_TEXEL_BUFFER_ALIGNMENT_PROPERTIES_EXT`

## Promotion to Vulkan 1.3

Vulkan APIs in this extension are included in core Vulkan 1.3, with the EXT suffix omitted. However, only the properties structure is promoted. The feature structure is not promoted and `texelBufferAlignment` is enabled if using a Vulkan 1.3 instance. External interactions defined by this extension, such as SPIR-V token names, retain their original names. The original Vulkan API name is still available as an alias of the core functionality.

## Version History

- Revision 1, 2019-06-06 (Jeff Bolz)

  - Initial draft

## 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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