Name

    ARB_texture_storage_multisample

Name Strings

    GL_ARB_texture_storage_multisample

Contact

    Graham Sellers (graham.sellers 'at' amd.com)

Notice

    Copyright (c) 2012-2014 The Khronos Group Inc. Copyright terms at
        http://www.khronos.org/registry/speccopyright.html

Status

    Complete.
    Approved by the ARB on 2012/06/12.

Version

    Last Modified Date: April 21, 2015
    Version: 9

Number

    ARB Extension #141

Dependencies

    OpenGL 4.2 or ARB_texture_storage is required.

    EXT_direct_state_access affects the definition of this extension.

    This extension is written against the OpenGL 4.2 (Core) Specification.

Overview

    The ARB_texture_storage extension and OpenGL 4.2 introduced the concept
    of immutable texture objects. With these objects, once their data store
    has been sized and allocated, it could not be resized for the lifetime
    of the objects (although its content could be updated). OpenGL
    implementations may be able to take advantage of the knowledge that the
    underlying data store of certain objects cannot be deleted or otherwise
    reallocated without destruction of the whole object (normally, a much
    heavier weight and less frequent operation). Immutable storage
    for all types of textures besides multisample and buffer textures was
    introduced by ARB_texture_storage. For completeness, this extension
    introduces immutable storage for multisampled textures.

IP Status

    No known IP claims.

New Procedures and Functions

        void TexStorage2DMultisample(enum target,
                                     sizei samples,
                                     enum internalformat,
                                     sizei width,
                                     sizei height,
                                     boolean fixedsamplelocations);

        void TexStorage3DMultisample(enum target,
                                     sizei samples,
                                     enum internalformat,
                                     sizei width,
                                     sizei height,
                                     sizei depth,
                                     boolean fixedsamplelocations);

        (the following two functions are provided if and only if
         EXT_direct_state_access is supported)

        void TextureStorage2DMultisampleEXT(uint texture,
                                            enum target,
                                            sizei samples,
                                            enum internalformat,
                                            sizei width,
                                            sizei height,
                                            boolean fixedsamplelocations);

        void TextureStorage3DMultisampleEXT(uint texture,
                                            enum target,
                                            sizei samples,
                                            enum internalformat,
                                            sizei width,
                                            sizei height,
                                            sizei depth,
                                            boolean fixedsamplelocations);

New Tokens

    None.

Additions to Chapter 2 of the OpenGL 4.2 (Core Profile) Specification
(OpenGL Operation)

    None.

Additions to Chapter 3 of the OpenGL 4.2 (Core Profile) Specification
(Rasterization)

    Modifications to Section 3.9.8, "Texture Parameters":

    Add TEXTURE_2D_MULTISAMPLE and TEXTURE_2D_MULTISAMPLE_ARRAY to the
    texture targets accepted by TexParameter*.

    At the end of Section 3.9.8, modify the last sentence to be:

    An INVALID_OPERATION error is generated if TEXTURE_BASE_LEVEL is set
    to any value other than zero.

    Add the following paragraph to the end of Section 3.9.8:

    When <target> is TEXTURE_2D_MULTISAMPLE or
    TEXTURE_2D_MULTISAMPLE_ARRAY, certain texture parameters may not be
    specified. In this case, an INVALID_OPERATION error is generated if the
    parameter is any sampler state value from table 6.18. An
    INVALID_OPERATION error is generated if TEXTURE_BASE_LEVEL is set to any
    value other than zero.

    In Subsection 3.9.16, "Immutable-Format Texture Images", add the following,
    after the discussion of TexStorage3D on p. 260:

        void TexStorage2DMultisample(enum target,
                                     sizei samples,
                                     enum internalformat,
                                     sizei width,
                                     sizei height,
                                     boolean fixedsamplelocations);

    specifies a two-dimensional multisample texture (or proxy). <target> must
    be TEXTURE_2D_MULTISAMPLE or PROXY_TEXTURE_2D_MULTISAMPLE. The
    pseudo-code is equivalent to calling TexImage2DMultisample with the
    equivalently named parameters set to the same values.

        void TexStorage3DMultisample(enum target,
                                     sizei samples,
                                     enum internalformat,
                                     sizei width,
                                     sizei height,
                                     sizei depth,
                                     boolean fixedsamplelocations);

    specifies a two-dimensional multisample array texture (or proxy). <target>
    must be TEXTURE_2D_MULTISAMPLE_ARRAY or PROXY_TEXTURE_2D_MULTISAMPLE_ARRAY.
    The pseudo-code is equivalent to calling TexImage3DMultisample with the
    equivalently named parameters set to the same values.

    The functions

        void TextureStorage2DMultisampleEXT(uint texture,
                                            enum target,
                                            sizei samples,
                                            enum internalformat,
                                            sizei width,
                                            sizei height,
                                            boolean fixedsamplelocations);

    and

        void TextureStorage3DMultisampleEXT(uint texture,
                                            enum target,
                                            sizei samples,
                                            enum internalformat,
                                            sizei width,
                                            sizei height,
                                            sizei depth,
                                            boolean fixedsamplelocations);

    behave similarly to TexStorage2DMultisample and TexStorage3DMultisample,
    respectively, except that the texture whose storage to allocate is given
    by the <texture> parameter rather than being retrieved from the binding of the
    active texture unit specified by <target>. <name> must be a name previously
    reserved by a call to GenTextures and not subsequently deleted. If
    <texture> is not the name of an existing texture object, then one is
    created with that name.

Additions to Chapter 4 of the OpenGL 4.2 (Core Profile) Specification
(Per-Fragment Operations and the Frame Buffer)

    None.

Additions to Chapter 5 of the OpenGL 4.2 (Core Profile) Specification
(Special Functions)

    None.

Additions to Chapter 6 of the OpenGL 4.2 (Core Profile) Specification
(State and State Requests)

    Modifications to Section 6.1.3, "Enumerated Queries"

    Modify the paragraph describing the <target> parameter to of
    GetTexParameter* as follows:

    <target> may be one of TEXTURE_1D, TEXTURE_2D, TEXTURE_3D,
    TEXTURE_1D_ARRAY, TEXTURE_2D_ARRAY, TEXTURE_RECTANGLE, TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP,
    TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_ARRAY, TEXTURE_2D_MULTISAMPLE or
    TEXTURE_2D_MULTISAMPLE_ARRAY, indicating the currently bound one-, two-,
    three-dimensional, one- or two-dimensional array, rectangular, cube map,
    cube map array, two-dimensional multisample, or two-dimensional
    multisample array texture object, respectively.

Errors

    INVALID_OPERATION is generated by TexStorage2DMultisample and
    TexStorage3DMultisample if <samples> is greater than the maximum number
    of samples supported for the specified <target> and <internalformat>
    combination.

    INVALID_OPERATION is generated by TexStorage2DMultisample or
    TexStorage3DMultisample if the value of TEXTURE_IMMUTABLE_FORMAT for the
    texture currently bound to <target> on the active texture unit is TRUE.

    INVALID_OPERATION is generated by TextureStorage2DMultisampleEXT and
    TextureStorage3DMultisampleEXT if <target> does not match the target
    of the texture object named by the <texture> parameter.

    INVALID_VALUE is generated by TexStorage2DMultisample and
    TexStorage3DMultisample if <width> or <height> is greater than the value
    of MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE.

    INVALID_VALUE is generated by TexStorage3DMultisample if <depth> is
    greater than the value of MAX_ARRAY_TEXTURE_LAYERS.

    INVALID_OPERATION is generated by TexParameter* if <target> is
    TEXTURE_RECTANGLE, <pname> is TEXTURE_BASE_LEVEL, and <value> is not
    zero.

    INVALID_OPERATION is generated by TexParameter* if <target> is either
    TEXTURE_2D_MULTISAMPLE or TEXTURE_2D_MULTISAMPLE_ARRAY, <pname> is
    TEXTURE_BASE_LEVEL, and <value> is not zero.

    INVALID_ENUM is generated by TexStorage2DMultisample if <target> is not
    TEXTURE_2D_MULTISAMPLE or PROXY_TEXTURE_2D_MULTISAMPLE.

    INVALID_ENUM is generated by TexStorage3DMultisample if <target> is not
    TEXTURE_2D_MULTISAMPLE_ARRAY or PROXY_TEXTURE_2D_MULTISAMPLE_ARRAY.

    INVALID_OPERATION is generated by TexParameter* if <target> is either
    TEXTURE_2D_MULTISAMPLE or TEXTURE_2D_MULTISAMPLE_ARRAY and <pname>
    is sampler state value from table 6.18.

New State

    None.

Conformance Tests

    TBD

Dependencies on EXT_direct_state_access

    If the EXT_direct_state_access extension is not supported, remove all
    references to TextureStorage2DMultisampleEXT and TextureStorage3DMultisampleEXT.

Issues

    1) Should TexStorage3DMultisample generate INVALID_VALUE if the
       <depth> parameter exceeds the allowed limits? Which limit to use?

       DISCUSSION: We do generate errors if <width> or <height> are
       greater than the value of MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE but it is unclear
       whether MAX_3D_TEXTURE_SIZE or MAX_ARRAY_TEXTURE_LAYERS should
       be used. Currently, only MAX_ARRAY_TEXTURE_LAYERS would make
       sense, but we can also specify the error checking behavior to
       be based on the <target> parameter.
       On the other hand, TexImage3DMultisample does not generate
       any errors based on the value of the <depth> parameter.

       RESOLVED: Match the behavior of TexImage3DMultisample.

Revision History

    Rev.  Date        Author    Changes
    ----  ----------  --------  ------------------------------------------------
     9    04/21/2015  Jon Leech Change texture size limits for <depth> parameter
                                of TexImage3DMultisample to the value of
                                MAX_ARRAY_TEXTURE_LAYERS (Bug 11135).
     8    02/28/2014  Jon Leech Change texture size limits for
                                TexImage3DMultisample to the value of
                                MAX_3D_TEXTURE_SIZE (Bugs 11134, 11135).
     7    06/28/2012  pdaniell  Update the error conditions again based on
                                our agreement in today's ARB meeting.
     6    06/27/2012  Jon Leech Clean up new error conditions for 2D MS
                                targets with TexParameter*.
     5    06/21/2012  gsellers  Allow multisample targets to be used with
                                TexParameter* and GetTexParameter*.
     4    05/29/2012  Jon Leech Finish fixing typos with <fixedsamplelocations>.
     3    05/14/2012  pbrown    Fix typos in <internalformat> parameter names;
                                change the <internalformat> and
                                <fixedsamplelocations> parameters to use lower
                                case for consistency with existing APIs.
     2    05/02/2012  drakos    Added EXT suffix to TextureStorage*Multisample
                                where it was missing.
                                Added issue #1.
                                Removed error condition based on the value
                                of <depth>.
     1    04/19/2012  gsellers  Initial draft