VK_NVX_binary_import(3)

# VK_NVX_binary_import(3) Manual Page

## Name

VK_NVX_binary_import - device extension

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## Registered Extension Number

30

## Revision

1

## Ratification Status

Not ratified

## Extension and Version Dependencies

None

## API Interactions

- Interacts with VK_EXT_debug_report

## Contact

- Eric Werness ewerness-nv

- Liam Middlebrook liam-middlebrook

## Other Extension Metadata

Last Modified Date

  2021-04-09

Contributors

  - Eric Werness, NVIDIA

  - Liam Middlebrook, NVIDIA

## Description

This extension allows applications to import CuBIN binaries and execute them.

| Note There is currently no specification language written for this extension. The links to APIs defined by the extension are to stubs that only include generated content such as API declarations and implicit valid usage statements.

## New Object Types

- VkCuFunctionNVX

- VkCuModuleNVX

## New Commands

- vkCmdCuLaunchKernelNVX

- vkCreateCuFunctionNVX

- vkCreateCuModuleNVX

- vkDestroyCuFunctionNVX

- vkDestroyCuModuleNVX

## New Structures

- VkCuFunctionCreateInfoNVX

- VkCuLaunchInfoNVX

- VkCuModuleCreateInfoNVX

## New Enum Constants

- `VK_NVX_BINARY_IMPORT_EXTENSION_NAME`

- `VK_NVX_BINARY_IMPORT_SPEC_VERSION`

- Extending VkObjectType:

  - `VK_OBJECT_TYPE_CU_FUNCTION_NVX`

  - `VK_OBJECT_TYPE_CU_MODULE_NVX`

- Extending VkStructureType:

  - `VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_CU_FUNCTION_CREATE_INFO_NVX`

  - `VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_CU_LAUNCH_INFO_NVX`

  - `VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_CU_MODULE_CREATE_INFO_NVX`

If VK_EXT_debug_report is supported:

- Extending VkDebugReportObjectTypeEXT:

  - `VK_DEBUG_REPORT_OBJECT_TYPE_CU_FUNCTION_NVX_EXT`

  - `VK_DEBUG_REPORT_OBJECT_TYPE_CU_MODULE_NVX_EXT`

## Version History

- Revision 1, 2021-04-09 (Eric Werness)

  - Internal revisions

## See Also

VkCuFunctionCreateInfoNVX, VkCuFunctionNVX, VkCuLaunchInfoNVX, VkCuModuleCreateInfoNVX, VkCuModuleNVX, vkCmdCuLaunchKernelNVX, vkCreateCuFunctionNVX, vkCreateCuModuleNVX, vkDestroyCuFunctionNVX, vkDestroyCuModuleNVX

## Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification

This page is a generated document. Fixes and changes should be made to the generator scripts, not directly.

## Copyright

Copyright 2014-2024 The Khronos Group Inc.

SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0