VkPhysicalDeviceCommandBufferInheritanceFeaturesNV(3)

# VkPhysicalDeviceCommandBufferInheritanceFeaturesNV(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkPhysicalDeviceCommandBufferInheritanceFeaturesNV - Structure describing whether the command buffer inheritance feature is supported by an implementation

## C Specification

The `VkPhysicalDeviceCommandBufferInheritanceFeaturesNV` structure is defined as:

    // Provided by VK_NV_command_buffer_inheritance
    typedef struct VkPhysicalDeviceCommandBufferInheritanceFeaturesNV {
        VkStructureType    sType;
        void*              pNext;
        VkBool32           commandBufferInheritance;
    } VkPhysicalDeviceCommandBufferInheritanceFeaturesNV;

## Members

This structure describes the following feature:

- `sType` is a VkStructureType value identifying this structure.

- `pNext` is `NULL` or a pointer to a structure extending this structure.

- `commandBufferInheritance` indicates that command buffers executed in a queue inherit graphics and compute state from the previously executed command buffer in that queue.

## Description

If the `VkPhysicalDeviceCommandBufferInheritanceFeaturesNV` structure is included in the `pNext` chain of the VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2 structure passed to vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures2, it is filled in to indicate whether each corresponding feature is supported. If the application wishes to use a VkDevice with any features described by `VkPhysicalDeviceCommandBufferInheritanceFeaturesNV`, it must add an instance of the structure, with the desired feature members set to VK_TRUE, to the `pNext` chain of VkDeviceCreateInfo when creating the VkDevice.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-VkPhysicalDeviceCommandBufferInheritanceFeaturesNV-sType-sType
  `sType` must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_COMMAND_BUFFER_INHERITANCE_FEATURES_NV

Structure Chaining

Extends the structures

  - VkDeviceCreateInfo

  - VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2

## See Also

VK_NV_command_buffer_inheritance, VkBool32, VkStructureType

## Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification.

This page is extracted from the Vulkan Specification. Fixes and changes should be made to the Specification, not directly.

## Copyright

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