How to Write a Vulkan Driver in 2022 | Linux Today

How to Write a Vulkan Driver in 2022

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Jason Ekstrand
Mar 29, 2022

An incredible amount has changed in Mesa and in the Vulkan ecosystems since the first Vulkan driver was written in Mesa for Intel hardware back in 2015. Not only has Vulkan grown, but Mesa has as well, and we’ve built up quite a suite of utilities and helpers for making writing Vulkan drivers easier. Jason Ekstrand looks at the latest Mesa utilities, helpers & best practices for writing Vulkan drivers.

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Jason Ekstrand

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