VkPhysicalDeviceShaderUntypedPointersFeaturesKHR(3)

# VkPhysicalDeviceShaderUntypedPointersFeaturesKHR(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkPhysicalDeviceShaderUntypedPointersFeaturesKHR - Structure describing support for untyped pointers in shader by an implementation

## C Specification

The `VkPhysicalDeviceShaderUntypedPointersFeaturesKHR` structure is defined as:

    // Provided by VK_KHR_shader_untyped_pointers
    typedef struct VkPhysicalDeviceShaderUntypedPointersFeaturesKHR {
        VkStructureType    sType;
        void*              pNext;
        VkBool32           shaderUntypedPointers;
    } VkPhysicalDeviceShaderUntypedPointersFeaturesKHR;

## Members

The members of `VkPhysicalDeviceShaderUntypedPointersFeaturesKHR` describe the following features:

## Description

- `shaderUntypedPointers` specifies whether shader modules can declare the `UntypedPointersKHR` capability and untyped pointers in any explicitly laid out storage class.

If the `VkPhysicalDeviceShaderUntypedPointersFeaturesKHR` structure is included in the `pNext` chain of VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2, it is filled with values indicating whether the features are supported. `VkPhysicalDeviceShaderUntypedPointersFeaturesKHR` can also be included in the `pNext` chain of VkDeviceCreateInfo to enable the features.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-VkPhysicalDeviceShaderUntypedPointersFeaturesKHR-sType-sType
  `sType` must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_SHADER_UNTYPED_POINTERS_FEATURES_KHR

Structure Chaining

Extends the structures

  - VkDeviceCreateInfo

  - VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2

## See Also

VK_KHR_shader_untyped_pointers, VkBool32, VkStructureType

## Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification.

This page is extracted from the Vulkan Specification. Fixes and changes should be made to the Specification, not directly.

## Copyright

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