VK_NVX_binary_import(3)

# VK_NVX_binary_import(3) Manual Page

## Name

VK_NVX_binary_import - device extension

## Registered Extension Number

30

## Revision

2

## Ratification Status

Not ratified

## Extension and Version Dependencies

None

## API Interactions

- Interacts with VK_EXT_debug_report

## Contact

- Eric Werness [GitHub]ewerness-nv

- Liam Middlebrook [GitHub]liam-middlebrook

## Other Extension Metadata

Last Modified Date

  2024-11-04

Contributors

  - Eric Werness, NVIDIA

  - Liam Middlebrook, NVIDIA

## Description

This extension allows applications to import CuBIN binaries and execute them.

Note | There is currently no specification language written for this extension. The links to APIs defined by the extension are to stubs that only include generated content such as API declarations and implicit valid usage statements.

## New Object Types

- VkCuFunctionNVX

- VkCuModuleNVX

## New Commands

- vkCmdCuLaunchKernelNVX

- vkCreateCuFunctionNVX

- vkCreateCuModuleNVX

- vkDestroyCuFunctionNVX

- vkDestroyCuModuleNVX

## New Structures

- VkCuFunctionCreateInfoNVX

- VkCuLaunchInfoNVX

- VkCuModuleCreateInfoNVX

- Extending VkCuModuleCreateInfoNVX:

  - VkCuModuleTexturingModeCreateInfoNVX

## New Enum Constants

- `VK_NVX_BINARY_IMPORT_EXTENSION_NAME`

- `VK_NVX_BINARY_IMPORT_SPEC_VERSION`

- Extending VkObjectType:

  - VK_OBJECT_TYPE_CU_FUNCTION_NVX

  - VK_OBJECT_TYPE_CU_MODULE_NVX

- Extending VkStructureType:

  - VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_CU_FUNCTION_CREATE_INFO_NVX

  - VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_CU_LAUNCH_INFO_NVX

  - VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_CU_MODULE_CREATE_INFO_NVX

  - VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_CU_MODULE_TEXTURING_MODE_CREATE_INFO_NVX

If VK_EXT_debug_report is supported:

- Extending VkDebugReportObjectTypeEXT:

  - VK_DEBUG_REPORT_OBJECT_TYPE_CU_FUNCTION_NVX_EXT

  - VK_DEBUG_REPORT_OBJECT_TYPE_CU_MODULE_NVX_EXT

## Version History

- Revision 2, 2024-11-04 (Liam Middlebrook)

  - Add VkCuModuleTexturingModeCreateInfoNVX

- Revision 1, 2021-04-09 (Eric Werness)

  - Internal revisions

## See Also

No cross-references are available

## Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification.

This page is a generated document. Fixes and changes should be made to the generator scripts, not directly.

## Copyright

Copyright 2014-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.

SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0