VK_KHR_pipeline_library(3)

# VK_KHR_pipeline_library(3) Manual Page

## Name

VK_KHR_pipeline_library - device extension

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## Registered Extension Number

291

## Revision

1

## Extension and Version Dependencies

- Requires Vulkan 1.0

- This is a provisional extension and must be used with caution. See the description of provisional header files for enablement and stability details.

### Other Extension Metadata

Last Modified Date

  2020-01-08

IP Status

  No known IP claims.

Contributors

  - See contributors to `VK_KHR_ray_tracing`

### Description

A pipeline library is a special pipeline that cannot be bound, instead it defines a set of shaders and shader groups which can be linked into other pipelines. This extension defines the infrastructure for pipeline libraries, but does not specify the creation or usage of pipeline libraries. This is left to additional dependent extensions.

### New Structures

- VkPipelineLibraryCreateInfoKHR

### New Enum Constants

- `VK_KHR_PIPELINE_LIBRARY_EXTENSION_NAME`

- `VK_KHR_PIPELINE_LIBRARY_SPEC_VERSION`

- Extending VkPipelineCreateFlagBits:

  - `VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_LIBRARY_BIT_KHR`

- Extending VkStructureType:

  - `VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PIPELINE_LIBRARY_CREATE_INFO_KHR`

### Version History

- Revision 1, 2020-01-08 (Christoph Kubisch)

  - Initial draft.

## See Also

VkPipelineLibraryCreateInfoKHR

## Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification

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## Copyright

Copyright (c) 2014-2020 The Khronos Group Inc.

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