C Specification
Load operations that can be used for a render pass are:
// Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
typedef enum VkAttachmentLoadOp {
VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_LOAD = 0,
VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_CLEAR = 1,
VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_DONT_CARE = 2,
// Provided by VK_VERSION_1_4
VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_NONE = 1000400000,
// Provided by VK_EXT_load_store_op_none
VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_NONE_EXT = VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_NONE,
// Provided by VK_KHR_load_store_op_none
VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_NONE_KHR = VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_NONE,
} VkAttachmentLoadOp;Description
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VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_LOAD specifies that the previous contents of the image within the render area will be preserved as the initial values. For attachments with a depth/stencil format, this uses the access type VK_ACCESS_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_READ_BIT. For attachments with a color format, this uses the access type VK_ACCESS_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_READ_BIT.
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VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_CLEAR specifies that the contents within the render area will be cleared to a uniform value, which is specified when a render pass instance is begun. For attachments with a depth/stencil format, this uses the access type VK_ACCESS_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_WRITE_BIT. For attachments with a color format, this uses the access type VK_ACCESS_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_WRITE_BIT.
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VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_DONT_CARE specifies that the previous contents within the area need not be preserved; the contents of the attachment will be undefined inside the render area. For attachments with a depth/stencil format, this uses the access type VK_ACCESS_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_WRITE_BIT. For attachments with a color format, this uses the access type VK_ACCESS_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_WRITE_BIT.
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VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_NONE specifies that the previous contents of the image will be undefined inside the render pass. No access type is used as the image is not accessed.
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.