v1.2.9-rc1

Merge pull request #2231 from billhollings/fix-arg-buff-padding

Fix shader argument buffer padding and atomics.

Release for Vulkan SDK 1.3.283

• Add support for extensions:
  • VK_EXT_host_image_copy
• To support legacy apps, restore MoltenVK/dylib directory via symlink to MoltenVK/dynamic/dylib.
• Enhancements to MVKPerformanceStatistics. Add MVKPerformanceTracker::previous,
  MVKQueuePerformance::waitSubmitCommandBuffers, and MVKQueuePerformance::waitPresentSwapchains.
• Add MVK_CONFIG_SHADER_DUMP_DIR configuration parameter to optionally dump shaders to files.
• Return MoltenVK log level string in pMessageIdName field of debug utils callback data.
• Fix crash when using VK_EXT_metal_objects under ARC.
• Fix deadlock when creating a swapchain on a thread other than the main thread.
• Fix potential memory leak in vkQueueWaitIdle().
• Fix argument buffer padding on shader conversion.
• Avoid atomic image usage if native atomics are not supported on the platform.
• Ensure buffer bindings are actually used to avoid potential overrun on Metal buffer indexes.
• Update dependency libraries to match Vulkan SDK 1.3.283.
• Update MVK_PRIVATE_API_VERSION to 41.
• Update to latest SPIRV-Cross:
  • MSL: Add support for overlapping bindings.
  • MSL: Use recursive template for spvArrayCopy().
  • MSL: Improve argument buffer descriptor aliasing implementation.
  • MSL: Workaround compiler issue with image fence when used as reference.
  • MSL: Fix SUMulExtended for 64-bit inputs.
  • MSL: Handle Atomic{S,U}{Min,Max} with mismatched image sign.
  • MSL: Handle missing FP16 trancendental overloads.
  • MSL: Remove pointer wrapper stored in spvDescriptorArray() to avoid potential Metal compiler bug.
  • MSL: Fix argument buffer padding.

v1.2.8-rc1

Merge pull request #2181 from billhollings/vulkan-sdk-1.3.280

Update dependency libraries to match Vulkan SDK 1.3.280.

Release for Vulkan SDK 1.3.280

• Add support for extensions:
  • VK_KHR_shader_integer_dot_product
• Improve support for iOS App Store rules by using dynamic XCFramework, instead of naked dylib.
  • Static XCFramework now available in Package/Latest/MoltenVK/static/MoltenVK.xcframework.
  • Dynamic XCFramework now available in Package/Latest/MoltenVK/dynamic/MoltenVK.xcframework.
  • macOS dynamic library now available in Package/Latest/MoltenVK/dynamic/dylib/macOS/libMoltenVK.dylib.
• Add MVK_USE_METAL_PRIVATE_API build setting to allow MoltenVK to be built with access to Metal private API calls.
  • VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures::wideLines enabled when MVK_USE_METAL_PRIVATE_API is enabled in a MoltenVK build.
  • VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures::logicOp enabled when MVK_USE_METAL_PRIVATE_API is enabled in a MoltenVK build.
  • VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures::depthBounds enabled on AMD GPUs when MVK_USE_METAL_PRIVATE_API is enabled in a MoltenVK build.
  • VkPhysicalDevicePortabilitySubsetFeaturesKHR::samplerMipLodBias enabled when MVK_USE_METAL_PRIVATE_API is enabled in a MoltenVK build.
  • Metal native pipeline sample masks supported when MVK_USE_METAL_PRIVATE_API is enabled in a MoltenVK build.
• Enable use of native texture atomics where supported.
• Fix potential crash when using multi-planar images.
• Fix translation of fully remapped multi vertex attribute bindings.
• Fix unresolvable layered compute resolve.
• Fix visionOS build.
• Handle depth/stencil swizzle sample correctly.
• Ensure buffers available for buffer addresses in push constants.
• Don't update currentExtent of headless surface when swapchain attached.
• Don't return VK_SUBOPTIMAL_KHR for headless surfaces.
• runcts script also output a file containing a list of the failed CTS tests.
• Add documentation for using Metal GPU capture with MoltenVK.
• Update minimum macOS deployment target to 10.15.
• Update minimum iOS/tvOS deployment target to 13.0.
• Update dependency libraries to match Vulkan SDK 1.3.280.
• Update MVK_PRIVATE_API_VERSION to 40.
• Update to latest SPIRV-Cross:
  • MSL: Plumb through member state to image/sampler types.
  • MSL: Support variable sized descriptor array in argument buffer.
  • MSL: Implement spvDescriptorArray path for SSBO/UBO.
  • MSL: Add support for SPV_EXT_integer_dot_product.
  • MSL: Fix misc sign issues with dot product impl and add more coverage.
  • MSL: Handle volatile properly for emulated image atomics.
  • MSL: OpCopyObject declare a temp var of base type, not pointer type.
  • MSL: Pass texture array index separately to atomic texture operations.
  • MSL: Test image atomic for image2DArray.
  • MSL: Improve handling of BDA + atomics.
  • MSL: Fix type hierarchy for extended vectors.
  • MSL: Fix type hierarchy for extended vectors.
  • MSL: atomic_compare_exchange_weak() support CompilerMSL:msl_options.texture_1D_as_2D.

v1.2.7-rc2

Merge pull request #2124 from billhollings/revert-to-default-static-s…

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Revert to disabling MVK_HIDE_VULKAN_SYMBOLS by default.

Release for Vulkan SDK 1.3.275

• Add support for extensions:
  • VK_KHR_calibrated_timestamp
  • VK_KHR_format_feature_flags2
  • VK_KHR_vertex_attribute_divisor
  • VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state3 (Metal does not support VK_POLYGON_MODE_POINT)
  • VK_EXT_headless_surface
  • VK_EXT_layer_settings
• Add support for format VK_FORMAT_B4G4R4A4_UNORM_PACK16.
• Add support for vertex formats VK_FORMAT_B10G11R11_UFLOAT_PACK32 & VK_FORMAT_E5B9G9R9_UFLOAT_PACK32.
• Fix regression that broke VK_POLYGON_MODE_LINE.
• Fix regression in marking rendering state dirty after vkCmdClearAttachments().
• Fix regression error in argument buffer runtime arrays.
• Fix rare deadlock during launch via dlopen().
• Fix initial value of VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::timestampPeriod on non-Apple Silicon GPUs.
• Fix swapchain and surface bugs when windowing system is accessed from off the main thread.
• Fix system memory size of tvOS.
• Fix heapUsage query for non-unified memory devices.
• Add a defensive guard to ensure heapUsage[0] calculation is correct.
• Clamp max per-set descriptor limit to minimum 1024.
• Enable the cube texture gradient workaround for Apple Silicon.
• Ensure lineWidthGranularity is zero if the wideLines feature isn't supported.
• Ensure maxDrawIndexedIndexValue set to UINT32_MAX.
• Ignore no external handle types specified for buffers and images.
• Expose VK_EXT_debug_utils device functions as device functions, not instance functions.
• Emit primitiveRestartEnable disabled warning only for strip topology.
• Enable mandatory VK_EXT_descriptor_indexing features, and don't advertise extension if they are not supported.
• Reduce disk space consumed after running fetchDependencies script by removing intermediate file caches.
• Deprecate vkSetMoltenVKConfigurationMVK().
• Deprecate mvk_config.h and move content to mvk_private_api.h and mvk_deprecated_api.h.
• The Cube demo is now based on Volk, with dynamic library linking, and dynamic function pointer calls.
• Update copyright notices to year 2024.
• Update dependency libraries to match Vulkan SDK 1.3.275.
• Update to latest SPIRV-Cross:
  • MSL: Fix regression error in argument buffer runtime arrays.
  • MSL: Work around broken cube texture gradients on Apple Silicon.
  • MSL: Ensure discrete runtime arrays of buffers have known length.
  • MSL: Implement Metal 3.1 image atomics natively.
  • MSL: Fix patch vertex count with raw buffer tese input.
  • MSL: Improve handling of sample masks.
  • MSL: Add divide to reserved function names.
  • MSL: Support std140 half matrices and arrays.
  • MSL: Use more appropriate padded types.
  • MSL: Don't use swizzle if we have wrapper.
  • MSL: Add ray-cull mask
  • MSL: Consider PtrAccessChain on array types.
  • MSL: Use LHS expression to determine whether or not to do array copy.
  • MSL: Only do address-of expression when needed.
  • MSL: Improve PtrAccessChain handling.
  • MSL: Use powr instead of pow.
  • MSL: Remove special case for threadgroup array wrapper.
  • MSL: Added an Op field to SPIRType and refactor.

v1.2.7-rc1

Merge pull request #2121 from billhollings/vulkan-sdk-1.3.275

Update dependency libraries to match Vulkan SDK 1.3.275.

v1.2.6-rc2

Merge pull request #2046 from billhollings/fix-prim-rsrt-warn

Emit primitiveRestartEnable disabled warning only for strip topology.

Release for Vulkan SDK 1.3.268

• Add support for extensions:
  • VK_KHR_synchronization2
  • VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state (requires Metal 3.1 for VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_VERTEX_INPUT_BINDING_STRIDE)
  • VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state2
• Fix rare case where vertex attribute buffers are not bound to Metal when no other bindings change between pipelines.
• Ensure objects retained for life of MTLCommandBuffer during vkCmdBlitImage() & vkQueuePresentKHR().
• Fix case where a CAMetalDrawable with invalid pixel format causes onscreen flickering.
• Fix deadlock when reporting debug message on MVKInstance destruction.
• Fix MSL code used in vkCmdBlitImage() on depth-stencil formats.
• Improve behavior of swapchain image presentation stalls caused by Metal regression.
• VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::timestampPeriod set to 1.0 on Apple GPUs, and calculated dynamically on non-Apple GPUs.
• Add MVKConfiguration::timestampPeriodLowPassAlpha and environment variable
  MVK_CONFIG_TIMESTAMP_PERIOD_LOWPASS_ALPHA, to add a configurable lowpass filter
  for varying VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::timestampPeriod on non-Apple GPUs.
• Add several additional performance trackers, available via logging, or the mvk_private_api.h API.
• Deprecate MVK_DEBUG env var, and add MVK_CONFIG_DEBUG env var to replace it.
• Update MVK_CONFIGURATION_API_VERSION and MVK_PRIVATE_API_VERSION to 38.
• Update dependency libraries to match Vulkan SDK 1.3.268.
• Update to latest SPIRV-Cross:
  • MSL: Workaround Metal 3.1 regression bug on recursive input structs.
  • MSL: fix extraction of global variables, in case of atomics.
  • MSL: Workaround bizarre crash on macOS.
  • MSL: runtime array over argument buffers.
  • MSL: Make rw texture fences optional.
  • MSL: Prevent RAW hazards on read_write textures.

v1.2.6-rc1

Merge pull request #2044 from billhollings/vulkan-sdk-1.3.268

Update dependency libraries to match Vulkan SDK 1.3.268.