Vulkan^® Guide

Table of Contents

1. Logistics Overview
2. Using Vulkan
3. When and Why to use Extensions
4. Contributing
5. License
6. Code of conduct

The Vulkan Guide is designed to help developers get up and going with the world of Vulkan. It is aimed to be a light read that leads to many other useful links depending on what a developer is looking for. All information is intended to help better fill the gaps about the many nuances of Vulkan.

1. Logistics Overview

chapters/what_is_vulkan.adoc

chapters/what_vulkan_can_do.adoc

chapters/vulkan_spec.adoc

chapters/platforms.adoc

chapters/checking_for_support.adoc

chapters/versions.adoc

chapters/vulkan_release_summary.adoc

chapters/what_is_spirv.adoc

chapters/portability_initiative.adoc

chapters/vulkan_cts.adoc

chapters/development_tools.adoc

chapters/validation_overview.adoc

chapters/decoder_ring.adoc

2. Using Vulkan

chapters/loader.adoc

chapters/layers.adoc

chapters/querying_extensions_features.adoc

chapters/enabling_extensions.adoc

chapters/enabling_features.adoc

chapters/spirv_extensions.adoc

chapters/formats.adoc

chapters/queues.adoc

chapters/wsi.adoc

chapters/pnext_and_stype.adoc

chapters/synchronization.adoc

chapters/extensions/VK_KHR_synchronization2.adoc

chapters/synchronization_examples.adoc

chapters/memory_allocation.adoc

chapters/sparse_resources.adoc

chapters/protected.adoc

chapters/pipeline_cache.adoc

chapters/threading.adoc

chapters/depth.adoc

chapters/mapping_data_to_shaders.adoc

chapters/vertex_input_data_processing.adoc

chapters/descriptor_dynamic_offset.adoc

chapters/push_constants.adoc

chapters/ways_to_provide_spirv.adoc

chapters/robustness.adoc

chapters/dynamic_state.adoc

chapters/dynamic_state_map.adoc

chapters/subgroups.adoc

chapters/shader_memory_layout.adoc

chapters/atomics.adoc

chapters/common_pitfalls.adoc

chapters/hlsl.adoc

chapters/high_level_shader_language_comparison.adoc

3. When and Why to use Extensions

Note	These are supplemental references for the various Vulkan Extensions. Please consult the Vulkan Spec for further details on any extension

chapters/extensions/cleanup.adoc

chapters/extensions/device_groups.adoc

chapters/extensions/external.adoc

chapters/extensions/ray_tracing.adoc

chapters/extensions/shader_features.adoc

chapters/extensions/translation_layer_extensions.adoc

chapters/extensions/VK_EXT_descriptor_indexing.adoc

chapters/extensions/VK_EXT_inline_uniform_block.adoc

chapters/extensions/VK_EXT_memory_priority.adoc

chapters/extensions/VK_KHR_descriptor_update_template.adoc

chapters/extensions/VK_KHR_draw_indirect_count.adoc

chapters/extensions/VK_KHR_image_format_list.adoc

chapters/extensions/VK_KHR_imageless_framebuffer.adoc

chapters/extensions/VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion.adoc

chapters/extensions/VK_KHR_shader_subgroup_uniform_control_flow.adoc

4. Contributing

5. License

6. Code of conduct