VK_EXT_frame_boundary(3)

# VK_EXT_frame_boundary(3) Manual Page

## Name

VK_EXT_frame_boundary - device extension

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## Registered Extension Number

376

## Revision

1

## Ratification Status

Ratified

## Extension and Version Dependencies

VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2
or
Vulkan Version 1.1

## Contact

- James Fitzpatrick [GitHub]jamesfitzpatrick

## Extension Proposal

VK_EXT_frame_boundary

## Other Extension Metadata

Last Modified Date

  2023-06-14

Contributors

  - James Fitzpatrick, Imagination Technologies

  - Hugues Evrard, Google

  - Melih Yasin Yalcin, Google

  - Andrew Garrard, Imagination Technologies

  - Jan-Harald Fredriksen, Arm

  - Vassili Nikolaev, NVIDIA

  - Ting Wei, Huawei

## Description

VK_EXT_frame_boundary is a device extension that helps tools (such as debuggers) to group queue submissions per frames in non-trivial scenarios, typically when vkQueuePresentKHR is not a relevant frame boundary delimiter.

## New Structures

- Extending VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2, VkDeviceCreateInfo:

  - VkPhysicalDeviceFrameBoundaryFeaturesEXT

- Extending VkSubmitInfo, VkSubmitInfo2, VkPresentInfoKHR, VkBindSparseInfo:

  - VkFrameBoundaryEXT

## New Enums

- VkFrameBoundaryFlagBitsEXT

## New Bitmasks

- VkFrameBoundaryFlagsEXT

## New Enum Constants

- `VK_EXT_FRAME_BOUNDARY_EXTENSION_NAME`

- `VK_EXT_FRAME_BOUNDARY_SPEC_VERSION`

- Extending VkStructureType:

  - VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_FRAME_BOUNDARY_EXT

  - VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_FRAME_BOUNDARY_FEATURES_EXT

## Version History

- Revision 0, 2022-01-14 (Hugues Evard)

  - Initial proposal

- Revision 1, 2023-06-14 (James Fitzpatrick)

  - 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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