#What's New in MoltenVK

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MoltenVK 1.0.39

Released TBD

  • Add support for extensions:
    • VK_EXT_inline_uniform_block
  • Support linear filtering when using vkCmdBlitImage().
  • Clamp image copy extents to image extent.
  • Fix crash in fetchDependencies on build paths containing spaces.
  • Fix image subresource sizing calculations for heap-based textures.
  • Fix MTLHeap memory leak in MVKDeviceMemory.
  • Fix tessellation break when control stage declares but does not use position builtin.
  • Support Xcode 11.2.

MoltenVK 1.0.38

Released 2019/10/30

  • Add support for Metal 3.0 capabilities.
  • Add support for extensions:
    • VK_EXT_swapchain_colorspace (iOS, already supported on macOS).
    • VK_EXT_hdr_metadata (macOS)
  • Use native texture swizzling when available.
  • Set default value of the MVK_ALLOW_METAL_FENCES environment variable to 1 (true), to enable use of MTLFence for Vulkan semaphores, by default.
  • Support additional capabilities in 1D images, including rendering, clearing, and mipmaps. Add MVK_CONFIG_TEXTURE_1D_AS_2D environment variable to enable/disable these capabilities.
  • Use placement MTLHeaps for VkDeviceMemory when possible.
  • Report heap sizes accurately when possible.
  • Add support for additional colorspace options.
  • Add support for the VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures::shaderResourceMinLod feature.
  • Add support for compressed 3D images on macOS.
  • Update MoltenVK_Runtime_UserGuide.md about embedding libMoltenVK.dylib in an application.
  • Clarify static linking as the recommended linking approach for iOS app store distribution.
  • Add request for feedback from people who reject MoltenVK to README.md document.
  • Allow MVK_CONFIG_SYNCHRONOUS_QUEUE_SUBMITS build setting to be overridden.
  • Fix memory leaks of system classes during VkInstance and VkQueue creation.
  • Fix memory leaks when compiling shaders and pipelines without default OS autorelease pool.
  • Fix severe FPS degradation caused by certain swapchain recreation situations.
  • Log format substitution error when MTLPixelFormatDepth24Unorm_Stencil8 is not supported.
  • Reduce memory usage by adjusting default memory allocs for many MVKVectorInline uses and replacing use of MVKVectorDefault with std::vector in descriptor set bindings.
  • Set value of VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxTexelBufferElements to more realistic value.
  • Add linking separate shader texts to GLSLToSPRIVConverter.
  • Move generation of SPIRV-Cross/mvkSpirvCrossRevisionDerived.h to separate script.
  • Support Xcode 11.1.
  • Update dependency libraries to match Vulkan SDK 1.1.126.
  • Update to latest SPIRV-Cross version:
    • MSL: Support option for treating 1D textures as 2D textures of height 1.
    • MSL: Fix array copies to/from interpolators.
    • MSL: Fix 16-bit integer literals.
    • MSL: Fix regression with OpCompositeConstruct from std140 float[].
    • Fixes cases where discard and demote are called in pure functions and the function result is not consumed.
    • Do not consider aliased struct types if the master is not a block.
    • Fix OpVectorExtractDynamic with spec constant op index.
    • Update SPIR-V headers to SPIR-V 1.5.

MoltenVK 1.0.37

Released 2019/09/10

  • Add support for extensions:
    • VK_KHR_device_group
    • VK_EXT_fragment_shader_interlock
  • Add support for VkEvent, using either native MTLEvent or emulation when MTLEvent not available.
  • vkInvalidateMappedMemoryRanges() synchronizes managed device memory to CPU.
  • Track supported instance and device extensions correctly.
  • Revert to supporting host-coherent memory for linear images on macOS.
  • Report limit of 64KB for constant buffer bindings on macOS.
  • Disable depth and/or stencil testing if corresponding attachment is missing.
  • Ensure Vulkan loader magic number is set every time before returning any dispatchable Vulkan handle.
  • Fix crash when VkDeviceCreateInfo specifies queue families out of numerical order.
  • Fix crash in vkDestroyPipelineLayout().
  • Fix crash when signalling swapchain semaphore using MTLEvent.
  • Fix crash when determining alignment of invalid pixel formats.
  • vkCmdBlitImage(): Support format component swizzling.
  • vkCmdClearImage(): Set error if attempt made to clear 1D image, and fix validation of depth attachment formats.
  • vkCreateRenderPass(): Return VK_ERROR_FORMAT_NOT_SUPPORTED if format not supported.
  • vkCmdFillBuffer(): Improve performance 150x by using parallelism more effectively.
  • Support optional use of MTLFence for Vulkan semaphores via the MVK_ALLOW_METAL_FENCES environment variable.
  • Remove error logging on VK_TIMEOUT of VkSemaphore and VkFence.
  • Remove log message warning of obsolescence of vkCreateMacOSSurfaceMVK() and vkCreateIOSSurfaceMVK() functions.
  • Report error only on the first time a format substitution is made.
  • Streamline design and use of MVKSemaphore.
  • Consolidate the various linkable objects into a MVKLinkableMixin template base class.
  • Use MVKVector whenever possible in MoltenVK, especially within render loop.
  • No longer prefer dedicated allocations for buffer memory, including buffer-backed images.
  • Handle the compositeAlpha member of VkSwapchainCreateInfoKHR.
  • VkPhysicalDevicePortabilitySubsetFeaturesEXTX::events set to true.
  • Always submit surface presentations using MTLCommandBuffer. MVKConfiguration::presentWithCommandBuffer is now obsolete.
  • Don't use MTLCommandBuffer push/popDebugGroup if not available.
  • MVKSwapchain::signalWhenAvailable() add autoreleasepool around MTLCommandBuffer use.
  • Add ability to automatically cause an Xcode GPU capture without developer intervention.
  • Update VK_MVK_MOLTENVK_SPEC_VERSION to version 22.
  • Update to renaming of VK_INTEL_shader_integer_functions2 enums and structs in latest Vulkan headers.
  • Update dependency libraries to match Vulkan SDK 1.1.121.
  • Update to latest SPIRV-Cross version:
    • Support the SPV_EXT_fragment_shader_interlock extension.
    • MSL: Deal with array copies from and to threadgroup.
    • MSL: Deal with Modf/Frexp where output is access chain to scalar.
    • MSL: Inline all emitted functions.
    • MSL: Inline all non-entry-point functions.
    • MSL: Add {Base,}{Vertex,Instance}{,Index} to bitcast_from_builtin_load.
    • MSL: Add support for sampler Y'CbCr conversion.
    • MSL: Force storage images on iOS to use discrete descriptors.
    • MSL: Support dynamic offsets for buffers in argument buffers.
    • MSL: Cleanup temporary use with emit_uninitialized_temporary.
    • MSL: Unify the get_*_address_space() methods.
    • Assume image and sampler can be RelaxedPrecision.
    • Fix post-depth coverage for ESSL.
    • Fix variable scope when switch block exits multiple times.
    • Fix severe performance issue with invariant expression invalidation.
    • Fix ParsedIR::mark_used_as_array_length(uint32_t id)
    • Deal correctly with sign on bitfield operations.
    • Elide branches to continue block when continue block is also a merge.
    • Move branchless analysis to CFG.
    • Deal with ldexp taking uint input.
    • Do not allow base expressions for non-native row-major matrices.
    • Do not force temporary unless continue-only for loop dominates.
    • Fix ParsedIR::mark_used_as_array_length(uint32_t id).
    • Refactor into stronger types in public API.

MoltenVK 1.0.36

Released 2019/07/25

  • Add support for extensions:
    • VK_KHR_device_group_creation
    • VK_KHR_swapchain_mutable_format
    • VK_KHR_uniform_buffer_standard_layout
    • VK_EXT_metal_surface
    • VK_EXT_post_depth_coverage
    • VK_EXT_scalar_block_layout
    • VK_EXT_shader_stencil_export
    • VK_EXT_swapchain_colorspace (macOS)
    • VK_EXT_texel_buffer_alignment
    • VK_AMD_shader_image_load_store_lod
    • VK_AMD_shader_trinary_minmax
    • VK_INTEL_shader_integer_functions2
  • Support VK_FORMAT_A2R10G10B10_UNORM_PACK32 as a surface format and view format.
  • For shaders created directly from MSL, set function name from VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo::pName.
  • On iOS GPU family 2 and earlier, support immutable depth-compare samplers as constexpr samplers hardcoded in MSL.
  • vkCmdCopyImage() support copying between compressed and uncompressed formats and validate that formats are compatible for copying.
  • vkCmdBufferImageCopy() fix crash when setting bytes per image in non-arrayed images.
  • vkCmdBlitImage() supports blit between different texture formats, and multisampled images.
  • vkCmdResolveImage() supports textures of different sizes.
  • vkCmdClearImage() returns error if texture is not renderable.
  • Move push constant binding to vkCmdBindPipeline() from vkCmdBindDescriptorSet().
  • MVKDeviceMemory keep MTLResourceOptions aligned with MTLStorageMode & MTLCPUCacheMode.
  • Texture memory requirements don't use shared storage on macOS.
  • Add MTLCommandBuffer completion timing performance tracking option.
  • Expand MVK_CONFIG_TRACE_VULKAN_CALLS to optionally log Vulkan call timings.
  • Skip SPIRV-Tools build in Travis because Travis does not support the required Python 3.
  • Separate SPIRVToMSLConverterContext into input config and output results.
  • Use native Metal texture buffers when available.
  • Fix issue with push constants used across multiple draw calls not being applied.
  • Fix memory leak in debug marker and debug utils labelling.
  • Reduce memory leaks when autorelease pools are not available.
  • Fix pipeline cache lookups.
  • Fix race condition between swapchain image destruction and presentation completion callback.
  • Set Metal texture usage to allow texture copy via view.
  • Fix memory leak in debug marker and debug utils labelling.
  • Fix issue with push constants used across multiple draw calls not being applied.
  • Fix crash when binding descriptor set to layout that has been destroyed and recreated.
  • Return error when MVKImage created as 1D attachment.
  • Reduce use of autoreleased Obj-C objects, and ensure those remaining are covered by deliberate autorelease pools.
  • Document that the functions in vk_mvk_moltenvk.h cannot be used with objects retrieved through the Vulkan SDK Loader and Layers framework.
  • Update VK_MVK_MOLTENVK_SPEC_VERSION to 21.
  • Update dependency libraries to match Vulkan SDK 1.1.114.
  • Update to latest SPIRV-Cross version:
    • MSL: Support SPV_KHR_multiview extension.
    • MSL: Support the SPV_KHR_post_depth_coverage extension.
    • MSL: Support the SPV_AMD_shader_trinary_minmax extension.
    • MSL: Support the SPV_KHR_device_group extension.
    • MSL: Support the SPV_INTEL_shader_integer_functions2 extension.
    • MSL: Support SubgroupSize / SubgroupInvocationID in fragment.
    • MSL: Support OpImageQueryLod.
    • MSL: Support MinLod operand.
    • MSL: Support PrimitiveID in fragment and barycentrics.
    • MSL: Support 64-bit integers.
    • MSL: Support OpOuterProduct.
    • MSL: Support SubgroupLocalInvocationId and SubgroupSize in all stages.
    • MSL: Support scalar reflect and refract.
    • MSL: Support scalar block layout.
    • MSL: Use the select() function for OpSelect.
    • MSL: Handle coherent, volatile, and restrict.
    • MSL: Refactor buffer packing logic from ground up.
    • MSL: Fix alignment of packed types.
    • MSL: Handle packed matrices.
    • MSL: Conditionally validate MSL 2.2 shaders.
    • MSL: Rewrite how resource indices are fallback-assigned.
    • MSL: Support custom bindings for argument buffers.
    • MSL: Fix sampling with FP16 coordinates.
    • MSL: Deal with scalar input values for distance/length/normalize.
    • MSL: Error out on int64_t/uint64_t buffer members as unsupported by Metal.
    • MSL: Deal with scalar input values for distance/length/normalize.
    • MSL: Re-roll array expressions in initializers.
    • MSL: New SDK errors out on cull distance.
    • Rewrite how switch block case labels are emitted.
    • Fixes to handling of OpPhi and case fallthrough.
    • Fix declaration of loop variables with a OpPhi helper copy.
    • Handle more cases with FP16 and texture sampling.
    • Fix variable scope when an if or else block dominates a variable.
    • Fall back to complex loop if non-trivial continue block is found.
    • Remove unreasonable assertion for OpTypeImage Sampled parameter.
    • Propagate NonUniformEXT to dependent expressions.
    • Deal correctly with return sign of bitscan operations.

MoltenVK 1.0.35

Released 2019/06/13

  • Add support for extensions:
    • VK_EXT_debug_report
    • VK_EXT_debug_marker
    • VK_EXT_debug_utils
    • VK_NV_glsl_shader
  • Support setting workgroup size for shader modules that use MSL directly instead of converting from SPIR-V.
  • Tessellation fixes:
    • Don't use setVertexBytes() for passing tessellation vertex counts.
    • Fix intermediate Metal renderpasses load and store actions maintaining attachments appropriately.
    • Use empty depth state for tessellation vertex pre-pass.
    • Fix tessellated indirect draws using wrong kernels to map parameters.
    • Work around potential Metal bug with stage-in indirect buffers.
    • Fix zero local threadgroup size in indirect tessellated rendering.
    • Fix [[attribute]] assignment for tessellation evaluation shaders.
  • VkSemaphore optionally uses MTLEvent, if available and MVK_ALLOW_METAL_EVENTS environment variable is enabled.
  • Add vkSetWorkgroupSizeMVK() to set compute kernel workgroup size when using MSL source code or MSL compiled code.
  • Allow zero count of viewports and scissors.
  • Report image layer limits for attachments in vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties().
  • Change log indication of error in logs from [***MoltenVK ERROR***] to [mvk-error], for consistency with other log level indications.
  • Allow mvkMTLRenderStagesFromVkPipelineStageFlags() to map to all Vulkan stages, by indicating whether the pipeline barrier should come before or after the stages.
  • Automatically update VkPhysicalDeviceProperties::pipelineCacheUUID when SPIRV-Cross revision changes.
  • Fix crash when clearing attachments using layered rendering on older macOS devices.
  • Fixes to Metal renderpass layered rendering settings.
  • vkCmdClearAttachments() returns encoder to previous pipeline, depth-stencil & resource state after execution.
  • Fix issue clearing stencil attachment via renderpass when depth attachment is not being cleared.
  • Fix sporadic crash on vkDestroySwapchainKHR().
  • MoltenVKShaderConverter tool: Add MSL version and platform command-line options.
  • Fix crash on pipeline cache merge after VkShaderModule destroyed.
  • Fix case where viewport/scissor doesn't get set properly when mixing dynamic and static-configured pipelines in the same command buffer.
  • Fix a race condition between sync objects and queries.
  • Fix unused attachments terminating loop early.
  • Fix offset of buffer view relative to buffer offset within device memory.
  • Guard against missing Metal pipeline states when pipeline compilation fails.
  • MVKBuffer: Force managed storage for linear textures on shared buffers.
  • Use device address space when decompressing DXT image data.
  • Added missing texelBufferTextureWidth setting in MVKComputePipeline::getMTLFunction().
  • Fixes and consolidation of external library header references.
  • Allow building external dependency libraries in Debug mode.
  • Enable AMD and NV GLSL extensions when building glslang for MoltenVKGLSLToSPIRVConverter.
  • Make external library header references consistent and add MVK_EXCLUDE_SPIRV_TOOLS option.
  • MVKVector improvements.
  • Update VK_MVK_MOLTENVK_SPEC_VERSION to 20.
  • Update to latest SPIRV-Cross version:
    • MSL: Add support for subgroup operations.
    • MSL: Support argument buffers and image swizzling.
    • MSL: Add support for OpArrayLength.
    • MSL: Only use constant address space for tessellation control shader.
    • MSL: Support native texture_buffer type, throw error on atomics.
    • MSL: Add native texture buffer support.
    • MSL: Deal with texture swizzle on arrays of images.
    • MSL: Fix complex type alias declaration order.
    • MSL: Fix declaration of unused input variables.
    • MSL: Use correct address space when passing array-of-buffers.
    • MSL: Deal correctly with nonuniformEXT qualifier.
    • MSL: Cast texture_buffer index to uint.
    • MSL: Fix nonuniform test.
    • MSL: Fix regression with Private parameter declaration.
    • MSL: Support remapping constexpr samplers by set/binding.
    • MSL: Support Invariant qualifier on position.
    • MSL: Support stencil export.
    • Deal with case where a block is somehow emitted in a duplicated fashion.
    • Fix infinite loop when OpAtomic* temporaries are used in other blocks.
    • Fix tests for device->constant address space change in MSL tessellation control shader generation.
    • Accept SPIR-V 1.4 version.

MoltenVK 1.0.34

Released 2019-04-12

  • Add support for tessellation.
  • Add correct function entry point handling.
  • Add support for VK_KHR_get_surface_capabilities2 extension.
  • Implement newer VK_KHR_swapchain extension functions.
  • Support the VK_EXT_host_query_reset extension.
  • Add support for tracking device features enabled during vkCreateDevice().
  • Handle surface loss due to window moved between screens or a window style change.
  • Allow zero offset and stride combo in VkVertexInputBindingDescription.
  • API: Add MVKPhysicalDeviceMetalFeatures::depthSampleCompare.
  • Fix conditions under which functions return VK_INCOMPLETE.
  • Fix potential memory leak on synchronous command buffer submission.
  • Increase shader float constant accuracy beyond 6 digits of precision.
  • fetchDependencies: Stop on first error.
  • Clean up behaviour of sparse binding functions.
  • Fix a possible race condition around MVKMTLBufferAllocation.
  • Fix memory overrun if no vertex buffer found with same binding as a vertex attribute.
  • Fix PVRTC texture content loading via memory mapping.
  • Fix wrong offset for vkCmdFillBuffer() on VK_WHOLE_SIZE.
  • Fixed crash within MVKPushConstantsCommandEncoderState when accessing absent graphics pipeline during a compute stage.
  • Fixed crash when MTLRenderPassDescriptor renderTargetWidth & renderTargetHeight set on older devices.
  • Renderpass width/height clamped to the renderArea includes offset, not just extent, and are set only when layered rendering is supported on device.
  • Set options properly on a buffer view's MTLTextureDescriptor.
  • Don‘t set MTLSamplerDescriptor.compareFunction on devices that don’t support it.
  • Disable the shaderStorageImageArrayDynamicIndexing feature on iOS.
  • Debug build mode includes dSYM file for each dylib file.
  • Explicitly build dSYM files in BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR to avoid conflict between macOS and iOS build locations.
  • Makefile supports install target to install MoltenVK.framework. into /Library/Frameworks/.
  • Add MVK_CONFIG_TRACE_VULKAN_CALLS env var and build setting to log Vulkan calls made by application.
  • Log shader performance statistics in any runtime if MVKConfiguration::performanceLoggingFrameCount non-zero.
  • Suppress visibility warning spam when building Debug macOS from SPIRV-Cross Release build.
  • Support Xcode 10.2.
  • Update VK_MVK_MOLTENVK_SPEC_VERSION to 19.
  • MoltenVKShaderConverter tool:
    • Support cs & csh for compute shader file extensions.
    • Validate converted MSL with a test compilation.
    • Add option to log shader conversion performance.
  • Update to latest SPIRV-Cross version:
    • MSL: Add support for Metal 2 indirect argument buffers.
    • MSL: Add support for tessellation control & evaluation shaders.
    • MSL: Support VK_KHR_push_descriptor.
    • MSL: Force unnamed array builtin attributes to have a name.
    • MSL: Set location of builtins based on client input.
    • MSL: Ignore duplicate builtin vertex attributes.
    • MSL: Fix crash where variable storage buffer pointers are passed down.
    • MSL: Fix infinite CAS loop on atomic_compare_exchange_weak_explicit().
    • MSL: Fix depth2d 4-component fixup.
    • MSL: Expand quad gl_TessCoord to a float3.
    • MSL: Fix depth textures which are sampled and compared against.
    • MSL: Emit proper name for optimized UBO/SSBO arrays.
    • MSL: Support emit two layers of address space.
    • MSL: Declare gl_WorkGroupSize constant with [[maybe_unused]].
    • MSL: Fix OpLoad of array which is forced to a temporary.
    • Add stable C API and ABI.
    • Performance improvements & reduce pressure on global allocation.
    • Fix case where a struct is loaded which contains a row-major matrix.
    • Fix edge case where opaque types can be declared on stack.
    • Ensure locale handling is safe for multi-threading.
    • Add support for sanitizing address and threads.
    • Add support for SPV_NV_ray_tracing.
    • Support -1 index in OpVectorShuffle.
    • Deal more flexibly with for-loop & while-loop variations.
    • Detect invalid DoWhileLoop early.
    • Force complex loop in certain rare access chain scenarios.
    • Make locale handling threadsafe.
    • Support do-while where test is negative.
    • Emit loop header variables even for while and dowhile.
    • Properly deal with sign-dependent GLSL opcodes.
    • Deal with mismatched signs in S/U/F conversion opcodes.
    • Rewrite how we deal with locales and decimal point.
    • Fix crash when backend.int16_t_literal_suffix set to null.
    • Introduce customizable SPIRV-Cross namespaces and use MVK_spirv_cross in MoltenVK.

MoltenVK 1.0.33

Released 2019/02/28

  • Support the VK_EXT_memory_budget extension.
  • Support 8-bit part of VK_KHR_shader_float16_int8.
  • Disable the shaderStorageImageMultisample feature.
  • Modify README.md to direct developers to Vulkan SDK.
  • Clarify Xcode version requirements in documentation.
  • Use the MTLDevice registryID property to locate the GPU in IOKit.
  • Add GPU device ID for iOS A12 SoC.
  • Allow logging level to be controlled with MVK_CONFIG_LOG_LEVEL runtime environment variable.
  • Allow forcing use of low-power GPU using MVK_CONFIG_FORCE_LOW_POWER_GPU runtime environment variable. Set MSL version for shader compiling from Metal feature set.
  • Don't warn on identity swizzles when fullImageViewSwizzle config setting is enabled.
  • Track version of spvAux buffer struct in SPIRV-Cross and fail build if different than version expected by MoltenVK.
  • Add static and dynamic libraries to MoltenVKShaderConverter project.
  • Fix crash from use of MTLDevice registryID on early OS versions.
  • fetchDependencies: Fix issue loading from Vulkan-Portability_repo_revision.
  • fetchDependencies: Clean MoltenVK build to ensure using latest dependency libs.
  • Update VK_MVK_MOLTENVK_SPEC_VERSION to 18.
  • Update to latest dependency libraries to support SDK 1.1.101.
  • Update to latest SPIRV-Cross version:
    • MSL: Implement 8-bit part of VK_KHR_shader_float16_int8.
    • MSL: Add a setting to capture vertex shader output to a buffer.
    • MSL: Stop passing the aux buffer around.
    • Support LUTs in single-function CFGs on Private storage class.

MoltenVK 1.0.32

Released 2019/01/28

  • Add support for VK_EXTX_portability_subset extension.
  • iOS: Support dual-source blending with iOS 11.
  • iOS: Support cube arrays with A11.
  • iOS: Support layered rendering and multiple viewports with A12.
  • Use combined store-resolve ops when supported and requested in renderpass.
  • Fixes to values returned from vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties() and vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties2KHR().
  • Log and return VK_ERROR_FEATURE_NOT_PRESENT error if vkCreateImageView() requires shader swizzling but it is not enabled.
  • Log and return VK_ERROR_FEATURE_NOT_PRESENT error if array of textures or array of samplers requested but not supported.
  • Treat all attributes & resources as used by shader when using pre-converted MSL.
  • Allow default GPU Capture scope to be assigned to any queue in any queue family.
  • VkPhysicalDevice: Correct some features and limits.
  • Stop advertising atomic image support.
  • vkSetMTLTextureMVK() function retains texture object.
  • Log to stderr instead of stdout.
  • fetchDependencies: build spirv-tools when attached via symlink.
  • Enhancements to MVKVector, and set appropriate inline sizing usages.
  • Update VK_MVK_MOLTENVK_SPEC_VERSION to 17.
  • Update to latest SPIRV-Cross version:
    • MSL: Use correct size and alignment rules for structs.
    • MSL: Fix texture projection with Dref.
    • MSL: Deal with resource name aliasing.

MoltenVK 1.0.31

Released 2019/01/17

  • Support runtime config via runtime environment variables
  • Add full ImageView swizzling to config, and disable it by default.
  • Add GPU switching to config, and enable it by default.
  • Add queue family specialization to config, and disable it by default.
  • Enable synchronous queue submits as config default.
  • Support 4 queue families.
  • Pad fragment shader output to 4 components when needed.
  • Add support for copying to and from PVRTC images.
  • Log Vulkan versions in human readable form when reporting version error.
  • Update VK_MVK_MOLTENVK_SPEC_VERSION to 16.
  • Update copyright to 2019.
  • Advertise the VK_AMD_gpu_shader_half_float extension.
  • Support the VK_KHR_variable_pointers extension.
  • MoltenVKShaderConverter tool exit with fail code on any file conversion fail.
  • Update to latest dependency libraries for Vulkan SDK 1.1.97.
  • Update to latest SPIRV-Cross version:
    • MSL: Support SPV_KHR_variable_pointers.
    • MSL: Workaround missing gradient2d() on macOS for typical cascaded shadow mapping.
    • MSL: Fix mapping of identity-swizzled components.
    • MSL: Support composites inside I/O blocks.
    • MSL: Fix case where we pass arrays to functions by value.
    • MSL: Add option to pad fragment outputs.
    • MSL: Fix passing a sampled image to a function.
    • MSL: Support std140 packing rules for float[] and float2[].
    • MSL: Fix image load/store for short vectors.
    • Performance improvements on iterating internal constructs.
    • Update copyright to 2019.

MoltenVK 1.0.30

Released 2018/12/31

  • Allow 2 or 3 swapchain images to support both double and triple buffering.
  • Force display to switch to GPU selected by vkCreateDevice() to avoid system view compositor having to copy from that GPU to display GPU.
  • Use inline buffer for pipeline auxiliary buffer.
  • vkCmdCopyImage: Cast source image to the destination format.
  • Result of vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties2KHR match vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties.
  • MVKImage: Return error for BLOCK_TEXEL_VIEW.
  • MVKDescriptorSet: Fix handling of immutable samplers.
  • MVKPipeline: Forbid vertex attribute offsets >= stride.
  • Fix handling of case where vertex bindings and binding indices don't match up.
  • Return VK_TIMEOUT even on zero wait if fences not signalled.
  • Support iOS builds for arm64e architecture.
  • Improvements to building external libraries.
  • Print Vulkan semantics when logging converted GLSL.
  • Support uploading S3TC-compressed 3D images.

MoltenVK 1.0.29

Released 2018/12/15

  • Replace use of std::vector with MVKVector to support allocations on stack.
  • Add missing include MVKEnvironment.h to MVKImage.mm for IOSurfaces.
  • vkCmdClearAttachments apply [[render_target_array_index]] more carefully.
  • vkCmdPushDescriptorSet: Fix mapping of binding numbers to descriptor layouts.
  • Forbid depth/stencil formats on anything but 2D images.
  • MVKCommandPool: Destroy transfer images using the device.
  • MVKPipeline: Reject non-multiple-of-4 vertex buffer strides.
  • MVKPipeline: Set auxiliary buffer offsets once, on layout creation.
  • MVKSampler: Support border colors.
  • MVKImage: Round up byte alignment to the nearest power of 2.
  • MVKImage: Don't set MTLTextureUsageRenderTarget for non-blittable formats.
  • MVKImage: Support image views of 2D multisample array images.
  • MVKGraphicsPipeline: Add dummy attachments even when rasterization is off.
  • MVKDeviceMemory: Try creating an MTLBuffer before allocating heap memory.
  • Add support for VK_FORMAT_A2R10G10B10_UNORM_PACK32.
  • Support A8B8G8R8_PACK32 formats.
  • Add new formats and fix existing ones.
  • On macOS, VK_FORMAT_E5B9G9R9_UFLOAT_PACK32 can only be filtered.
  • On macOS, linear textures cannot be blitted to.
  • Depth formats cannot be used for a VkBufferView.
  • Give every image format we support the BLIT_SRC feature.
  • Correct supported features of compressed formats.
  • Correct mapping of packed 16-bit formats.
  • Add some more vertex formats.
  • Don't use char/uchar for clearing/copying 8-bit formats.
  • Explicitly set number of sparse image property/requirement info sets to 0.
  • Retrieve linear image memory alignment requirements from Metal device.
  • For each GPU, log MSL version and updated list of feature sets.
  • Cube demo on iOS support Portrait and Landscape device orientation.
  • Build the dylib with -fsanitize=address when asan is enabled.
  • Fix name of generated dSYM file.
  • Update to latest SPIRV-Cross version:
    • MSL don't emit memory_scope after MSL 2.0.

MoltenVK 1.0.28

Released 2018/12/06

  • Add support for extensions:
    • VK_KHR_bind_memory2
    • VK_KHR_swapchain_mutable_format
    • VK_KHR_shader_float16_int8
    • VK_KHR_8bit_storage
    • VK_KHR_16bit_storage
    • VK_KHR_relaxed_block_layout
    • VK_KHR_maintenance3
    • VK_KHR_storage_buffer_storage_class
  • Add support for 2D multisample array textures.
  • Ignore fragment shader if raster discard is enabled.
  • Force signedness of shader vertex attributes to match the host.
  • In debug configurations, create a dSYM bundle for libMoltenVK.dylib.
  • MVKImage: Take lock when setting the MTLTexture manually.
  • Optimize MVKFenceSitter.
  • Support parallel builds of fetchDependencies to improve build times.
  • Change internal header references to increase header path flexibility.
  • Update to latest SPIRV-Cross version:
    • MSL: Use an enum instead of two mutually exclusive booleans.
    • MSL: Force signedness of shader vertex attributes to match the host.
    • Support gl_HelperInvocation on GLSL and MSL.

MoltenVK 1.0.27

Released 2018/11/15

  • Remove destroyed resources from descriptor sets.
  • Forbid compressed formats on non-2D images.
  • Update to latest dependency libraries for Vulkan SDK 1.1.92.
  • Update to latest SPIRV-Cross version:
    • MSL: Print early_fragment_tests specifier before fragment shader declaration.
    • MSL: Also pack members at unaligned offsets.
    • MSL: Also pack 2- and 4- element vectors when necessary.
    • MSL: Emit wrapper for SSign (sign() for int types).
    • MSL: Support extended arithmetic opcodes.
    • Handle opcode OpSourceContinued.
    • Handle group decorations.

MoltenVK 1.0.26

Released 2018/11/06

  • Fix memoryTypes order to match Vulkan spec.
  • Allow linear images to use host-coherent memory.
  • Generate Bitcode in iOS libraries.
  • Allow all pipeline attachements to be unused.
  • Perform usage checks on 3D images.
  • Enhancements to dylib generation script.
  • Update to latest SPIRV-Cross version:
    • MSL: Support 8 & 16 bit types.
    • MSL: Updated spec constant support.

MoltenVK 1.0.25

Released 2018/10/31

  • Refactor the build environment.
    • Support creation of static library and build framework and dynamic library from it.
    • Add Makefile to better support command line or script building integration.
    • Update demos to each use one of framework, static library, and dynamic library.
    • Refactor and rename the build scripts.
    • Refactor and rename the Xcode Schemes.
    • Update build and runtime documentation.
  • Update shader caching for compatibility with texture swizzling.
  • Support polygonMode VK_POLYGON_MODE_POINT.
  • vkCreateInstance returns VK_ERROR_INCOMPATIBLE_DRIVER if Metal not available.

MoltenVK 1.0.24

Released 2018/10/16

  • Support arbitrary swizzles of image data.
  • Include struct size parameter in VK_MVK_moltenvk extension functions that pass structs that might change size across extension versions.
  • Remove vkGetMoltenVKDeviceConfigurationMVK() & vkSetMoltenVKDeviceConfigurationMVK() functions.
  • Allocate MVKDescriptorSets from a pool within MVKDescriptorPool
  • Support copying between textures of compatible-sized formats
  • Support VK_FORMAT_A2B10G10R10_UNORM_PACKED vertex format
  • Build scripts support SRCROOT path containing spaces.

MoltenVK 1.0.23

Released 2018/09/28

  • Add support for features:
    • shaderStorageImageMultisample
    • shaderStorageImageReadWithoutFormat
    • shaderStorageImageWriteWithoutFormat
    • shaderUniformBufferArrayDynamicIndexing
    • shaderSampledImageArrayDynamicIndexing
    • shaderStorageBufferArrayDynamicIndexing
    • shaderStorageImageArrayDynamicIndexing
  • Support reduced render area
  • Support rasterization to missing attachment
  • Allocate MVKCommandBuffers from a pool within MVKCommandPool.
  • Update glslang version
  • Update to latest SPIRV-Cross version:
    • MSL: Improve coordinate handling for buffer reads.
    • MSL: Expand arrays of buffers passed as input.

MoltenVK 1.0.22

Released 2018/09/25

  • Add support for extensions:
    • VK_KHR_maintenance2
    • VK_EXT_vertex_attribute_divisor
    • VK_KHR_sampler_mirror_clamp_to_edge
    • VK_KHR_image_format_list
    • VK_KHR_dedicated_allocation
    • VK_KHR_get_memory_requirements2
    • VK_EXT_shader_viewport_index_layer
  • Support multiple viewports and scissor rectangles.
  • Support sampleRateShading.
  • Support pre-filling Metal command buffer on same thread as Vulkan command buffer.
  • Support passing either a CAMetalLayer or an NSView/UIView in the pView member when creating a surface.
  • Support views of the stencil aspect of depth/stencil images.
  • Improvements to subviews on 3D textures.
  • Enforce single queue per queue family to improve Metal command buffer handling.
  • Set Metal render target sizes on iOS.
  • Fix potential deadlocks on query results and fences.
  • Fix memory leak on SPIRV conversion.
  • Update to Vulkan header 1.1.85 and latest version of library dependencies.
  • Update to latest SPIRV-Cross version:
    • MSL: Handle the ViewportIndex builtin.
    • MSL: Handle the SamplePosition builtin.
    • MSL: Fix OpAtomicIIncrement and OpAtomicIDecrement.
    • MSL: Support array of arrays composites and copying.
    • MSL: Fix issues with casting of builtin integer vectors.

MoltenVK 1.0.21

Released 2018/09/08

  • Add support for extensions:
    • VK_KHR_descriptor_update_template
  • Create 3D MTLTextureViews for 2D image views of 3D textures.
  • Allow building and packaging MoltenVK for of only iOS or only macOS.
  • Move packaging scripts out of Xcode projects and into script files.
  • vkUpdateDescriptorSet: Handle copies of uninitialized descriptors.
  • vkCmdFillBuffer & vkCmdCopyBuffers: Use dispatch call that supports older OS versions.
  • Update to latest SPIRV-Cross version:
    • MSL: Emit F{Min,Max,Clamp} as fast:: and N{Min,Max,Clamp} as precise
    • MSL: Implement multisampled array textures.
    • MSL: Emit spvTexelBufferCoord() on ImageWrite to a Buffer.
    • MSL: Handle interpolation qualifiers.
    • MSL: Account for components when assigning locations to varyings.
    • MSL: Do not emit function constants for version < 1.2.

MoltenVK 1.0.20

Released 2018/09/01

  • Add support for extensions:
    • VK_KHR_maintenance1
    • VK_KHR_shader_draw_parameters
    • VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2
    • VK_KHR_push_descriptor
  • Add ability to track and access supported and enabled extensions.
  • Update to latest SPIRV-Cross version.

MoltenVK 1.0.19

Released 2018/08/23

  • Move MoltenVK config to instance instead of device.
  • Add MVKConfiguration and deprecate MVKDeviceConfiguration.
  • Add vkGetMoltenVKConfigurationMVK() and deprecate vkGetMoltenVKDeviceConfigurationMVK().
  • Add vkSetMoltenVKConfigurationMVK() and deprecate vkSetMoltenVKDeviceConfigurationMVK().
  • Add build setting overrides for all initial MVKConfiguration member values.
  • Support Xcode 10: Explicitly specify MoltenVKSPIRVToMSLConverter as prelink library.
  • Update to Vulkan header 1.1.83 and latest version of library dependencies.

MoltenVK 1.0.18

Released 2018/08/15

  • vkCmdFullBuffer() fills buffer using compute shader.
  • Fix API for updating MVKDeviceConfiguration::synchronousQueueSubmits.
  • vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties() return VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_VERTEX_BUFFER_BIT if supported, even if other format properties are not.
  • Support Metal GPU capture scopes.
  • Update to latest SPIRV-Cross, glslang & SPIRV-Tools.

MoltenVK 1.0.17

Released 2018/07/31

  • Disable rasterization and return void from vertex shaders that write to resources.
  • Add SPIRVToMSLConversionOptions::isRasterizationDisabled to allow pipeline and vertex shader to communicate rasterization status.
  • Track layered rendering capability.
  • Add MVKPhysicalDeviceMetalFeatures::layeredRendering.
  • Add mvkStaticCmdShaderSource() to generate static MSL shader source for commands.
  • Add MVKDevice::getMTLCompileOptions() to consolidate shader compilation options.
  • CreatePipelines return error when fragment MSL translation fails.
  • Add new vertex format VK_FORMAT_A2B10G10R10_SNORM_PACK32.
  • Fix watermark timing.
  • Update MoltenVK spec version to 6.
  • Remove obsolete deprecated licensing functions.
  • Rename folders and project for Cube demo.
  • Update What's New document for earlier releases.
  • Update to latest library dependencies.
  • Update to latest SPIRV-Cross version.

MoltenVK 1.0.16

Released 2018/07/24

  • Fixes to attachment and image clearing to pass CTS tests.
  • MVKCmdClearAttachments support clearing multiple attachment layers.
  • MVKCmdClearImage use renderpass clear, and support clearning multiple image layers.
  • Rename mvkCmdClearImage() to mvkCmdClearColorImage().
  • MVKDevice add getFormatIsSupported() to allow devices to test for format support.
  • MVKFramebuffer support multiple layers.
  • mvk_datatypes.h support both 2D and 3D mipmap calculations and allow mvkMTLPrimitiveTopologyClassFromVkPrimitiveTopology() in iOS.
  • Remove support for VK_FORMAT_B10G11R11_UFLOAT_PACK32 & VK_FORMAT_E5B9G9R9_UFLOAT_PACK32 since format components are reversed on Metal.
  • Report correct workgroup sizes from MTLDevice.
  • Retrieve VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxComputeWorkGroupSize & maxComputeWorkGroupInvocations & maxComputeSharedMemorySize from MTLDevice.
  • Move OS extension source files to new OS directory.
  • Update to latest SPIRV-Cross version.

MoltenVK 1.0.15

Released 2018/07/12

  • Link IOSurface on iOS only if IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET is at least iOS 11.0.
  • Update to latest SPIRV-Cross.

MoltenVK 1.0.14

Released 2018/07/04

  • vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties() indicate 1D texture limitations.
  • Fix compute shader workgroup size specialization.
  • Support separate specialization for each workgroup dimension.
  • Support zero as a specialization ID value.
  • Set correct value for VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxPerStageDescriptorInputAttachments.
  • Cleanup MoltenVKShaderConverterTool.
  • Update to latest SPIRV-Cross.

MoltenVK 1.0.13

Released 2018/06/28

  • Support larger VkBufferViews by using 2D Metal textures.
  • Swapchain return VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DATE_KHR when window resized.
  • Improve crispness of visuals on macOS Retina displays.
  • Set CAMetalLayer magnificationFilter property to Nearest by default.
  • Add MVKDeviceConfiguration::swapchainMagFilterUseNearest member to allow overrides.
  • Update to latest SPIRV-Cross.

MoltenVK 1.0.12

Released 2018/06/22

  • Sorting Metal devices in the list of physicalDevices by whether they are headless.
  • vkCmdBlitImage() support texture arrays as source and destination targets.
  • vkCmdBlitImage() remove broken support for depth/stencil scaling.
  • vkCmdClearImage() fixes to clearing depth and stencil formats and avoid Metal validation errors.
  • Fix slice index when rendering to cube maps.
  • Fix texture file copy in Cube Demo.
  • fetchDeps: Add flags for pre-built repos.
  • Update to latest library dependencies to match Vulkan SDK 1.1.77.
  • Update to latest SPIRV-Cross.

MoltenVK 1.0.11

Released 2018/06/12

  • Avoid fragment shader tracking interacting with vertex attributes.
  • Restrict allowed linear tiling features for pixel formats.
  • Fix bad logic when testing allowed linear tiling usage.
  • Fix copying 4-byte 32-bit depth/stencil formats between buffers and textures.
  • Fix MSL compilation failures on macOS 10.14 Mojave Beta.
  • Update to latest SPIRV-Cross.

MoltenVK 1.0.10

Released 2018/06/05

  • Support mapping and filling device memory before binding an image to it.
  • Fix vsync not being enabled in IMMEDIATE present mode. MVK_MACOS was not being defined.
  • Avoid Metal validation error on MTLBuffer.contents access from private storage.
  • Support using Metal texel buffer for linear images to increase host coherency.
  • MVKDeviceMemory track MVKImages and MVKBuffers separately.
  • Per Vulkan spec, restrict linear images to 2D, non-array, single mipmap.
  • Use texel buffer if possible for texture on coherent device memory.
  • Only flush MVKImages (not MVKBuffers) when device memory mapped.
  • Do not flush texel buffer images.
  • Replace dependency on Vulkan-LoaderAndValidationLayers with Vulkan-Headers and Vulkan-Tools.
  • Update to latest SPIRV-Cross.

MoltenVK 1.0.9

Released 2018/05/23

  • Fix an issue where the depth format in MVKCmdClearImage was not getting set correctly.
  • Move surface access to UI components to main thread.
  • Fix deadlock possibility between MVKFence and MVKFenceSitter.
  • Fix handling of locking on deferred-destruction objects.
  • vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties returns VK_ERROR_FORMAT_NOT_SUPPORTED if the format is not supported.
  • Default value of MVKDeviceConfiguration::metalCompileTimeout set to infinite.
  • Update to latest SPIRV-Cross.

MoltenVK 1.0.8

Released 2018/05/18

  • Allow queue processing to be optionally handled on the submitting (render) thread.
  • Update to latest SPIRV-Cross.

MoltenVK 1.0.7

Released 2018/05/14

  • Cache MTLCommandQueues for reuse to handle long delays in creating new VkDevices and VkQueues.
  • Handle multiple MVKResources mapped to the same region of a single MVKDeviceMemory.
  • Add Metal library, function and pipeline compilation timeout limits.
  • Create copies of MVKShaderLibraries when merging pipeline caches.
  • Handle NULLs when freeing command buffers.
  • Replace delete with call to destroy() for all MVK objects.
  • Handle null pointers in vkDestroy...() functions.
  • Set default value of MVKDeviceConfiguration::supportLargeQueryPools to true by default.
  • Fixes to run Vulkan CTS without crashes.
  • Remove mutex locks on MVKDescriptorPool.
  • Update to latest SPIRV-Cross.

MoltenVK 1.0.5

Released 2018/05/04

  • Add features to support Vulkan CTS.
  • Dynamically create frag shaders for clearning attachments and images.
  • Dynamically create frag shaders for blitting scaled images.
  • MVKGraphicsPipeline don't create MTLRenderPipelineState if vertex function conversion fails.
  • MVKComputePipeline don't create MTLComputePipelineState if compute function conversion fails.
  • Handle SPIRV-Cross errors thrown during SPIR-V parsing in compiler construction.
  • Set undefined property limits to large, but not max, values to avoid casting issues in app.
  • Mark multiDrawIndirect features as available.
  • Support VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_LINEAR_BIT.
  • Separate categories from MVKOSExtensions.
  • Update to latest SPIRV-Cross.

MoltenVK 1.0.4

Released 2018/04/22

  • Support depth clip mode only from MTLFeatureSet_iOS_GPUFamily2_v4 onwards.
  • MVKCmdClearAttachments & MVKCmdClearImage support multisampled attachments and images.
  • Don't use CAMetalLayer displaySyncEnabled property if it is not available.
  • Update python brew install command.
  • Update to latest SPIRV-Cross.

MoltenVK 1.0.3

Released 2018/04/18

  • Add support for VK_PRESENT_MODE_IMMEDIATE_KHR swapchain presentation mode.
  • Round up row and layer byte counts when copying compressed images with sizes that are not integer multiples of block size.
  • Queue and device wait idle handled by internal fence instead of semaphore.
  • vkCmdCopyBufferToImage() & vkCmdCopyImageToBuffer() support a VkBuffer that is bound to an offseted position in a VkDeviceMemory.
  • MVKImage::getArrayLayers() reports only layer count and excludes depth.
  • Add workaround for apps that use one semaphore for all swapchain images.
  • Support deferred secondary signaling of semaphore & fence acquired while image is free.
  • Update to latest cube.c version.
  • Use ninja if available to build dependencies.
  • Build the demos in Travis-CI.
  • Update to latest V-LVL, glslang & SPIRV-Tools.
  • Update to latest SPIRV-Cross.

MoltenVK 1.0.2

Released 2018/04/02

  • Add support for caching converted MSL shader code offline from pipeline cache via vkGetPipelineCacheData(), vkCreatePipelineCache() & vkMergePipelineCaches().
  • Present using command buffer by default.
  • Support SPIR-V containing multiple entry points.
  • Add option for per-frame performance logging via un-commentable logging code.
  • VkPhysicalDeviceProperties::pipelineCacheUUID value derived from MoltenVK version and highest supported Metal feature set.
  • vkCmdClearAttachments() don't attempt to clear non-existing depth & stencil attachments.
  • Always clamp scissors to render area to avoid Metal validation error.
  • Move fetchDependencies to top directory.
  • Turn caching of Externals off in .travis.yml.
  • Add instructions in README.md about building MoltenVK via the command line.
  • Update to latest SPIRV-Cross.

MoltenVK 1.0.1

Released 2018/03/19

  • Add support for Vulkan Loader and Validation Layer API version 5.
  • Add support for LunarG Vulkan Loader ICD API.
  • Add Vulkan Loader and Validation Layer ICD JSON file.
  • Fix vkGetInstanceProcAddr to work with 1.1 loader.
  • Use fetchDependencies script instead of submodules.
  • Align versioning of external libraries with those used by LunarG SDK.
  • Combine multiple VkCommandBuffers into a single MTLCommandBuffer.
  • On command buffer submission, defer waiting on semaphores until just before MTLCommandBuffer is committed.
  • Retrieve heap size from MTLDevice on macOS and from free shared system memory on iOS.
  • Allow color attachment on depth-only rendering.
  • Allow color attachment when clearing depth only.
  • Support DXT1 RGB texture compression.
  • Support VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_VERTEX_BUFFER_BIT on VkFormats that are not supported as texture formats under Metal.
  • Don't check if texture is coherent on macOS, since it never is.
  • Setup push constants for compute shaders.
  • Check if storage mode is not shared when checking if synchronize is needed.
  • Log which GPU is attached to a VkDevice.
  • Sort multiple GPU‘s to put higher-power GPU’s at front of list.
  • Populate VkPhysicalDeviceProperties vendorID, deviceID and pipelineCacheUUID.
  • Ensure scissors fit inside renderpass area to avoid Metal validation assertions.
  • Consolidate setting of viewport and scissors by pipeline and command.
  • Make MVKBuffer::getMTLBuffer() thread-safe.
  • Fix Metal validation error with a renderpass with no depth attachment.
  • Use pipelineStatisticsQuery feature to determine whether pipeline stats are available.
  • Modify MVKImageView to fix MTLTexture used for renderpasses.
  • Fix vkBindImageMemory crash when multiple simultaneous threads are binding to different offsets in the of the same VkDeviceMemory.
  • Don't align push constant buffer.
  • Fix vkCmdCopyBuffer when copying unaligned regions.
  • Added workgroup size specialization constants
  • Fix SPIRV-Cross OOM conditions with multiple consecutive two-vector OpVectorShuffles.
  • Support non-square row-major matrix conversions.
  • Fix vkCmdBlitImage between images of different sizes.
  • Add ability to write SPIR-V to file for debugging purposes.
  • Update ThirdPartyConfig.md to latest use of SPIRV-Cross testability.
  • Fixes to compute workgroup sizes and barriers.
  • Improved extraction of entry point name and workgroup size from SPIR-V.
  • Consolidate to a single ThirdPartyConfig.md document.
  • MSL enhancements to nested function use of globals.
  • Support customizing MSL based on iOS or macOS platform.
  • MSL threadgroup barrier memory scope only on iOS MSL 2.0.
  • MVKBufferView add lock when creating MTLTexture.
  • MVKDeviceMemory add lock when creating MTLBuffer during memory mapping.
  • MVKMTLBufferAllocator does not need to be threadsafe.
  • Cleanup syntax on other lock handling to add consistency.
  • Consolidate timestamps and performance tracking.
  • Derive vkCmdCopyBuffer() alignment requirement at runtime.
  • Don't log error from vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties() if format not supported.
  • Add printf-like macros to MVKLogImpl and mvkNotifyErrorWithText.
  • Updates to dylib building process. Use clang instead of libtool.
  • Allow MoltenVK to be installed and built without asciidoctor.
  • Add CI support using Travis CI.
  • Automatically install demo apps.
  • Cube demo generate SPIR-V as part of demo project build.
  • Disable watermark in debug builds.
  • Add build and runtime OS and device requirements to documentation.
  • Add Compliance and Contribution sections to README.md.
  • Remove executable permissions from non-executable files.
  • Update to latest SPIRV-Cross.
  • Update copyright dates to 2018.

MoltenVK 1.0.0

Released 2018/02/26

Initial open-source release!