1// Copyright (c) 2015-2018 The Brenwill Workshop Ltd. This work is licensed under a 2// Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License; see 3// http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 4 5include::meta/VK_MVK_macos_surface.txt[] 6 7*Last Modified Date*:: 8 2017-02-24 9*IP Status*:: 10 No known IP claims. 11*Contributors*:: 12 - Bill Hollings, The Brenwill Workshop Ltd. 13 14The `VK_MVK_macos_surface` extension is an instance extension. 15It provides a mechanism to create a slink:VkSurfaceKHR object (defined by 16the `<<VK_KHR_surface>>` extension) that refers to an code:NSView, the 17native surface type of macOS, which is underpinned by a code:CAMetalLayer, 18to support rendering to the surface using Apple's Metal framework. 19 20=== New Object Types 21 22None. 23 24=== New Enum Constants 25 26 * Extending elink:VkStructureType: 27 ** ename:VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_MACOS_SURFACE_CREATE_INFO_MVK 28 29=== New Enums 30 31None. 32 33=== New Structures 34 35 * slink:VkMacOSSurfaceCreateInfoMVK 36 37=== New Functions 38 39 * flink:vkCreateMacOSSurfaceMVK 40 41=== Issues 42 43None. 44 45=== Version History 46 47 * Revision 1, 2017-02-15 (Bill Hollings) 48 - Initial draft. 49 50 * Revision 2, 2017-02-24 (Bill Hollings) 51 - Minor syntax fix to emphasize firm requirement for NSView to be backed 52 by a CAMetalLayer. 53