A periodic tagged release of volk, matching Vulkan 1.3.270.

New extensions:

• VK_EXT_depth_bias_control
• VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state3
• VK_EXT_host_image_copy
• VK_KHR_cooperative_matrix
• VK_KHR_maintenance5
• VK_AMDX_shader_enqueue
• VK_NV_cuda_kernel_launch
• VK_NV_device_generated_commands_compute
• VK_NV_low_latency2
• VK_QNX_external_memory_screen_buffer

Additional changes:

• Add volkFinalize function that resets all loaded function pointers and handles to NULL and unloads Vulkan DLL/SO; volk can be initialized again after being finalized if necessary.
• Fix CMake target accidentally linking in Vulkan libraries in some configurations
• Fix compilation for MinGW

A periodic tagged release of volk, matching Vulkan 1.3.250.

New extensions:

• VK_EXT_attachment_feedback_loop_dynamic_state
• VK_EXT_descriptor_buffer
• VK_EXT_device_fault
• VK_EXT_mesh_shader
• VK_EXT_metal_objects
• VK_EXT_opacity_micromap
• VK_EXT_shader_module_identifier
• VK_EXT_shader_object
• VK_EXT_swapchain_maintenance1
• VK_HUAWEI_cluster_culling_shader
• VK_KHR_map_memory2
• VK_NV_copy_memory_indirect
• VK_NV_memory_decompression
• VK_NV_optical_flow
• VK_QCOM_tile_properties

Additional changes:

• Try to find Vulkan::Headers when Vulkan package is not found by @siliace in #82

Thanks to @alanjian85, @siliace, @spnda and @lunarpapillo for contributions!

A periodic tagged release of volk, matching Vulkan 1.3.215.

New extensions:

• VK_VALVE_descriptor_set_host_mapping
• VK_EXT_image_compression_control
• VK_EXT_pipeline_properties
• VK_KHR_ray_tracing_maintenance1

Additional changes:

• Added VOLK_HEADERS_ONLY CMake option (by @TheMostDiligent)

A periodic tagged release of volk, matching Vulkan 1.3.204.

Notable changes since 1.2.190:

• Vulkan 1.3 support 🎉

A periodic tagged release of volk, matching Vulkan 1.2.190.

Notable changes since 1.2.170:

• New multi-draw extension VK_EXT_multi_draw
• Extended dynamic state via VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state2, VK_EXT_color_write_enable, VK_EXT_vertex_input_dynamic_state
• Video acceleration support via VK_KHR_video_decode_queue, VK_KHR_video_encode_queue, VK_KHR_video_queue
• Add volk::volk alias target for CMake

A periodic tagged release of volk, matching Vulkan 1.2.170.

Notable changes since 1.2.162:

• VK_KHR_synchronization2 provides some simplifications around synchronization and more powerful events to fully enable split barriers

A periodic tagged release of volk, matching Vulkan 1.2.162.

Notable changes since 1.2.140:

• Ray tracing support via VK_KHR_acceleration_structure, VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline and other extensions
• Variable rate shading support via VK_KHR_fragment_shading_rate
• Relaxed restrictions on pipeline state via VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state

First tagged release of volk, matching Vulkan 1.2.140.

Notable changes since 1.1.x:

• Full support for Vulkan 1.2
• Support for VK_KHR_ray_tracing when VK_ENABLE_BETA_EXTENSIONS is defined
• volkLoadInstanceOnly can be used to only load instance entrypoints, which is slightly faster (assumes volkLoadDevice will be used before calling any device entrypoints)