# Vulkan extensions used by Monado {#vulkan-extensions}

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|                                                    | Client | XCB server (a) | Wayland server (a) | Xlib-xrandr server (b) | NVIDIA xrandr server (b) | Android server | Windows server |
| ---------------------------------------------------|--------|----------------|--------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|----------------|----------------|
| **Instance extensions**                                                                                                                                                          ||||||||
| [`VK_KHR_external_fence_capabilities`][] (8)       | yes?                                                                                                                         |||||||
| [`VK_KHR_external_memory_capabilities`][] (8)      | yes?                                                                                                                         |||||||
| [`VK_KHR_external_semaphore_capabilities`][] (8)   | yes?                                                                                                                         |||||||
| [`VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2`][] (8)   | yes                                                                                                                          |||||||
| [`VK_KHR_surface`][]                               |        | yes                                                                                                                  ||||||
| [`VK_KHR_display`][]                               |        |                |                    | yes (2) (requires `VK_KHR_surface`)              ||                |                |
| **Platform-specific instance extensions**                                                                                                                                        ||||||||
| [`VK_KHR_xcb_surface`][]                           |        | yes (1, 4)     |                    |                        |                          |                |                |
| [`VK_KHR_wayland_surface`][]                       |        |                | yes (1, 4)         |                        |                          |                |                |
| [`VK_EXT_direct_mode_display`][]                   |        |                |                    | yes (1)                | yes (2)                  |                |                |
| [`VK_EXT_acquire_xlib_display`][]                  |        |                |                    | yes (1) (in shared code)                         ||                |                |
| [`VK_KHR_android_surface`][]                       |        |                |                    |                        |                          | yes (1, 4)     |                |
| [`VK_KHR_win32_surface`][]                         |        |                |                    |                        |                          |                | yes (1, 4)     |
| **Device Extensions**                                                                                                                                                            ||||||||
| [`VK_KHR_get_memory_requirements2`][] (8)          | yes                                                                                                                          |||||||
| [`VK_KHR_dedicated_allocation`][] (8)              | yes? (requires `VK_KHR_get_memory_requirements2`)                                                                            |||||||
| [`VK_KHR_external_fence`][] (8) (+platform: 5)     | yes (soon)                                                                                                                   |||||||
| [`VK_KHR_external_memory`][] (8) (+platform: 6)    | yes                                                                                                                          |||||||
| [`VK_KHR_external_semaphore`][] (8) (+platform: 7) | yes (soon)                                                                                                                   |||||||
| [`VK_KHR_swapchain`][]                             |        | yes                                                                                                                  ||||||
| [`VK_KHR_timeline_semaphore`][]                    | opt    | opt            | opt                | opt                    | opt                      | opt            | opt            |

[`VK_EXT_debug_report`][] is also used.

## Notes

Kept out of the preceding table to limit its width.

* Server type:
  * a: Windowed
  * b: Direct mode
* Usage details/reason:
  * 1: Used directly
  * 2: Dependency of `VK_EXT_direct_mode_display`
  * 3: Dependency of `VK_EXT_acquire_xlib_display`
  * 4: Platform extension building on `VK_KHR_surface`
  * 5: Platform-specific extensions building on `VK_KHR_external_fence`:
    * Linux and Android: [`VK_KHR_external_fence_fd`][]
    * Windows: [`VK_KHR_external_fence_win32`][]
    * Note: These platform-specific extensions were not promoted to Core in
      Vulkan 1.1, only the platform-independent base extension.
  * 6: Platform-specific extensions building on `VK_KHR_external_memory`:
    * Linux: [`VK_KHR_external_memory_fd`][]
    * Android: [`VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer`][] (`fd`
      also usually available?)
    * Windows: [`VK_KHR_external_memory_win32`][]
    * Note: These platform-specific extensions were not promoted to Core in
      Vulkan 1.1, only the platform-independent base extension.
  * 7: Platform-specific extensions building on `VK_KHR_external_semaphore`:
    * Linux and Android: [`VK_KHR_external_semaphore_fd`][]
    * Windows: [`VK_KHR_external_semaphore_win32`][]
    * Note: These platform-specific extensions were not promoted to Core in
      Vulkan 1.1, only the platform-independent base extension.
  * 8: Promoted to Vulkan 1.1 Core

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[`VK_KHR_external_fence_capabilities`]: https://khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.2-extensions/man/html/VK_KHR_external_fence_capabilities.html
[`VK_KHR_external_memory_capabilities`]: https://khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.2-extensions/man/html/VK_KHR_external_memory_capabilities.html
[`VK_KHR_external_semaphore_capabilities`]: https://khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.2-extensions/man/html/VK_KHR_external_semaphore_capabilities.html
[`VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2`]: https://khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.2-extensions/man/html/VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2.html
[`VK_KHR_surface`]: https://khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.2-extensions/man/html/VK_KHR_surface.html
[`VK_KHR_display`]: https://khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.2-extensions/man/html/VK_KHR_display.html
[`VK_KHR_xcb_surface`]: https://khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.2-extensions/man/html/VK_KHR_xcb_surface.html
[`VK_KHR_wayland_surface`]: https://khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.2-extensions/man/html/VK_KHR_wayland_surface.html
[`VK_EXT_debug_report`]: https://khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.2-extensions/man/html/VK_EXT_debug_report.html
[`VK_EXT_direct_mode_display`]: https://khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.2-extensions/man/html/VK_EXT_direct_mode_display.html
[`VK_EXT_acquire_xlib_display`]: https://khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.2-extensions/man/html/VK_EXT_acquire_xlib_display.html
[`VK_KHR_android_surface`]: https://khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.2-extensions/man/html/VK_KHR_android_surface.html
[`VK_KHR_win32_surface`]: https://khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.2-extensions/man/html/VK_KHR_win32_surface.html
[`VK_KHR_dedicated_allocation`]: https://khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.2-extensions/man/html/VK_KHR_dedicated_allocation.html
[`VK_KHR_external_fence`]: https://khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.2-extensions/man/html/VK_KHR_external_fence.html
[`VK_KHR_external_memory`]: https://khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.2-extensions/man/html/VK_KHR_external_memory.html
[`VK_KHR_external_semaphore`]: https://khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.2-extensions/man/html/VK_KHR_external_semaphore.html
[`VK_KHR_get_memory_requirements2`]: https://khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.2-extensions/man/html/VK_KHR_get_memory_requirements2.html
[`VK_KHR_swapchain`]: https://khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.2-extensions/man/html/VK_KHR_swapchain.html
[`VK_KHR_external_fence_fd`]: https://khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.2-extensions/man/html/VK_KHR_external_fence_fd.html
[`VK_KHR_external_fence_win32`]: https://khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.2-extensions/man/html/VK_KHR_external_fence_win32.html
[`VK_KHR_external_memory_fd`]: https://khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.2-extensions/man/html/VK_KHR_external_memory_fd.html
[`VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer`]: https://khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.2-extensions/man/html/VK_ANDROID_external_memory_android_hardware_buffer.html
[`VK_KHR_external_memory_win32`]: https://khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.2-extensions/man/html/VK_KHR_external_memory_win32.html
[`VK_KHR_external_semaphore_fd`]: https://khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.2-extensions/man/html/VK_KHR_external_semaphore_fd.html
[`VK_KHR_external_semaphore_win32`]: https://khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.2-extensions/man/html/VK_KHR_external_semaphore_win32.html

## Reasons

* Instance extensions:
  * `VK_KHR_surface` - for configuring output surface.
  * `VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2` - for getting device UUID to share
    between client compositor and main/native compositor.

* Device extensions:
  * `VK_KHR_swapchain` - for displaying output on a display output.

## Code locations

* Client
  * Instance extensions:
    [xrt_gfx_vk_instance_extensions](@ref xrt_gfx_vk_instance_extensions)
  * Device extensions:
    [xrt_gfx_vk_device_extensions](@ref xrt_gfx_vk_device_extensions)

* Server
  * All these are in [comp_compositor.c](@ref comp_compositor.c), with the
    extensions required by all servers defined in
    `COMP_INSTANCE_EXTENSIONS_COMMON`
  * XCB (Windowed) Server: `instance_extensions_xcb`
  * Wayland (Windowed) Server: `instance_extensions_wayland`
  * Xlib-xrandr direct mode server and NVIDIA direct mode server:
    `instance_extensions_direct_mode`
  * Android server: `instance_extensions_android`
  * Windows server: `instance_extensions_windows`