Name

    NV_vertex_attrib_integer_64bit

Name Strings

    GL_NV_vertex_attrib_integer_64bit

Contact

    Jeff Bolz, NVIDIA (jbolz 'at' nvidia.com)

Contributors

    Pat Brown, NVIDIA

Status

    Shipping

Version

    Last Modified Date:         03/21/2010
    Revision:                   4

Number

    392

Dependencies

    This extension is written against the OpenGL 3.2 specification
    (Compatibility Profile).

    This extension is written against version 1.50 (revision 09) of the OpenGL
    Shading Language Specification.

    OpenGL 3.0 and GLSL 1.30 are required.

    NV_gpu_shader5 or equivalent functionality is required.

    This extension requires EXT_vertex_attrib_64bit.

    This extension interacts with NV_vertex_buffer_unified_memory.

    This extension interacts with NV_gpu_program5 and NV_gpu_shader5.

    This extension interacts with EXT_vertex_attrib_64bit.

Overview

    This extension provides support for specifying vertex attributes with
    64-bit integer components, analagous to the 64-bit floating point support
    added in EXT_vertex_attrib_64bit.

    Additionally, it provides the VertexAttribLFormatNV entry point to specify
    bindless vertex attribute arrays with 64-bit integer or floating-point
    components in conjunction with the NV_vertex_buffer_unified_memory
    extension.


New Procedures and Functions

    void VertexAttribL1i64NV(uint index, int64EXT x);
    void VertexAttribL2i64NV(uint index, int64EXT x, int64EXT y);
    void VertexAttribL3i64NV(uint index, int64EXT x, int64EXT y,
                             int64EXT z);
    void VertexAttribL4i64NV(uint index, int64EXT x, int64EXT y,
                             int64EXT z, int64EXT w);
    void VertexAttribL1i64vNV(uint index, const int64EXT *v);
    void VertexAttribL2i64vNV(uint index, const int64EXT *v);
    void VertexAttribL3i64vNV(uint index, const int64EXT *v);
    void VertexAttribL4i64vNV(uint index, const int64EXT *v);

    void VertexAttribL1ui64NV(uint index, uint64EXT x);
    void VertexAttribL2ui64NV(uint index, uint64EXT x, uint64EXT y);
    void VertexAttribL3ui64NV(uint index, uint64EXT x, uint64EXT y,
                              uint64EXT z);
    void VertexAttribL4ui64NV(uint index, uint64EXT x, uint64EXT y,
                              uint64EXT z, uint64EXT w);
    void VertexAttribL1ui64vNV(uint index, const uint64EXT *v);
    void VertexAttribL2ui64vNV(uint index, const uint64EXT *v);
    void VertexAttribL3ui64vNV(uint index, const uint64EXT *v);
    void VertexAttribL4ui64vNV(uint index, const uint64EXT *v);

    void GetVertexAttribLi64vNV(uint index, enum pname, int64EXT *params);
    void GetVertexAttribLui64vNV(uint index, enum pname, uint64EXT *params);

    void VertexAttribLFormatNV(uint index, int size, enum type, sizei stride);

    (note:  VertexAttribLFormatNV is provided only if
    NV_vertex_buffer_unified_memory is supported.)


New Tokens

    Accepted by the <type> parameter of VertexAttribLPointerEXT,
    VertexArrayVertexAttribLOffsetEXT, and VertexAttribLFormatNV:

        INT64_NV                                        0x140E
        UNSIGNED_INT64_NV                               0x140F


Additions to Chapter 2 of the OpenGL 3.2 (Compatibility Profile) Specification
(OpenGL Operation)

    Modify Section 2.7, Vertex Specification (p. 24)

    (delete third paragraph, p. 33, beginning with "The resulting attribute
    values are undefined")

    (rework the description of the VertexAttribI* commands, and add support
    for new VertexAttribL* commands, p. 33)

    To load values into a generic shader attribute declared as a signed or
    unsigned integer or integer vector, except for 64-bit integer types, use
    the commands

      void VertexAttribI{1,2,3,4}{i,ui}( uint index, T values );
      void VertexAttribI{1,2,3,4}{i,ui}v( uint index, T values );
      void VertexAttribI4{b,s,ub,us}v( uint index, T values );

    These commands specify values that are extended to full signed or unsigned
    integers, then loaded into the generic attribute at slot index in the same
    fashion as described above.

    To load values into a generic shader attribute declared as a double,
    64-bit signed integer, 64-bit unsigned integer, or into vectors or
    matrices thereof, use the commands

      void VertexAttribL{1,2,3,4}dEXT(uint index, T values);
      void VertexAttribL{1,2,3,4}dvEXT(uint index, T values);
      void VertexAttribL{1,2,3,4}{i64,ui64}EXT(uint index, T values);
      void VertexAttribL{1,2,3,4}{i64,ui64}vEXT(uint index, T values);

    These commands specify one, two, three or four values.  Note that attribute
    variables declared with "double" types must be loaded with
    VertexAttribL*d{v}EXT; loading attributes with VertexAttrib*d{v} will
    produce undefined results. Similarly, attributes declared with 64-bit 
    integer types must be loaded with VertexAttribL*{i64,ui64}{v}.

    For all VertexAttrib* commands, the error INVALID_VALUE is generated if
    <index> is greater than or equal to MAX_VERTEX_ATTRIBS.

    The full set of VertexAttrib* commands specify generic attributes with
    components one of six data types:

      * floating-point values (VertexAttrib*),
      * signed or unsigned integers (VertexAttribI*),
      * double-precision floating-point values (VertexAttribL*d*), and
      * 64-bit signed or unsigned integers (VertexAttribL*{i64,ui64}*).

    The values loaded into a shader attribute variable bound to generic
    attribute <index> are undefined if the data type of the attribute
    components specified by the most recent VertexAttrib* command do not match
    the data type of the variable.


    Modify Section 2.8, Vertex Arrays, p. 34

    (insert new paragraph after first paragraph, p. 37)  

    The command

      void VertexAttribLPointerEXT(uint index, int size, enum type,
                                   sizei stride, const void *pointer);

    specifies state for a generic vertex attribute array associated with a
    shader attribute variable declared with 64-bit double precision components.
    <type> must be one of DOUBLE, INT64_NV, or UNSIGNED_INT64_NV, specifying 
    components of type double, int64EXT, and uint64EXT, respectively. <index>, 
    <size>, and <stride> behave as defined in all other vertex commands; <size>
    may be one, two, three or four.

    Each component of an array specified by VertexAttribLPointerEXT will be
    encoded into one or more generic attribute components as specified for the
    VertexAttribL* commands in Section 2.7.  The error INVALID_VALUE is
    generated if <index> is greater than or equal to MAX_VERTEX_ATTRIBS.


    Modify "Add to Section 2.9" edits from NV_vertex_buffer_unified_memory

    (add to following to the list of *FormatNV commands)

        void VertexAttribLFormatNV(uint index, int size, enum type,
                                   sizei stride);


    Modify Section 2.14.3, Vertex Attributes, p. 86

    (replace last paragraph, p. 86)

    When an attribute variable declared using one of the scalar or vector data
    types enumerated in Table X.1 and is bound to a generic attribute index
    <i>, its value(s) are taken from the components of generic attribute <i>.
    Scalars are extracted from the x component; two-, three-, and
    four-component vectors are extracted from the, (x, y), (x, y, z), or (x,
    y, z, w) components, respectively.

      Data type                         Command
      -------------------------------   ----------------------------------
      int    int8_t  int16_t  int32_t   VertexAttribI1i
      ivec2  i8vec2  i16vec2  i32vec2   VertexAttribI2i
      ivec3  i8vec3  i16vec3  i32vec3   VertexAttribI3i
      ivec4  i8vec4  i16vec4  i32vec4   VertexAttribI4i

      uint   uint8_t uint16_t uint32_t  VertexAttribI1ui
      ivec2  i8vec2  i16vec2  u32vec2   VertexAttribI2ui
      ivec3  i8vec3  i16vec3  u32vec3   VertexAttribI3ui
      uvec4  u8vec4  u16vec4  u32vec4   VertexAttribI4ui

      float  int16_t  int32_t           VertexAttrib1{f,b,s,i,ub,us,ui,d}
      vec2   f16vec2  f32vec2           VertexAttrib2{f,b,s,i,ub,us,ui,d}
      vec3   f16vec3  f32vec3           VertexAttrib3{f,b,s,i,ub,us,ui,d}
      vec4   f16vec4  f32vec4           VertexAttrib4{f,b,s,i,ub,us,ui,d}

      double    float64_t               VertexAttribL1dEXT
      dvec2     f64vec2                 VertexAttribL2dEXT
      dvec3     f64vec3                 VertexAttribL3dEXT
      dvec4     f64vec4                 VertexAttribL4dEXT

      int64_t                           VertexAttribL1i64NV
      i64vec2                           VertexAttribL2i64NV
      i64vec3                           VertexAttribL3i64NV
      i64vec4                           VertexAttribL4i64NV

      uint64_t                          VertexAttribL1ui64NV
      u64vec2                           VertexAttribL2ui64NV
      u64vec3                           VertexAttribL3ui64NV
      u64vec4                           VertexAttribL4ui64NV

      Table X.1:  Scalar and vector vertex attribute types and VertexAttrib*
      commands used to set the values of the corresponding generic attribute.

    For the 64-bit types listed in Table X.1, no default attribute values are 
    provided if the values of the vertex attribute variable are specified with 
    fewer components than required for the attribute variable.  For example, 
    the fourth component of a variable of type dvec4 will be undefined if 
    specified using VertexAttribL3dvEXT or using a vertex array specified with
    VertexAttribLPointerEXT and a size of three.


Additions to Chapter 3 of the OpenGL 3.2 (Compatibility Profile) Specification
(Rasterization)

    None.

Additions to Chapter 4 of the OpenGL 3.2 (Compatibility Profile) Specification
(Per-Fragment Operations and the Frame Buffer)

    None.

Additions to Chapter 5 of the OpenGL 3.2 (Compatibility Profile) Specification
(Special Functions)

    None.

Additions to Chapter 6 of the OpenGL 3.2 (Compatibility Profile) Specification
(State and State Requests)

    Modify Section 6.1.15, Shader and Program Queries, p. 384

    (add to the last list of commands, p. 387)

      void GetVertexAttribLi64vNV(uint index, enum pname, int64EXT *params);
      void GetVertexAttribLui64vNV(uint index, enum pname, uint64EXT *params);

    (modify the third paragraph, p. 388) The query CURRENT_VERTEX_ATTRIB
    returns the current value for the generic attribute
    <index>. GetVertexAttribdv and GetVertexAttribfv read and return the
    current attribute values as four single-precision floating-point values;
    GetVertexAttribiv reads them as floating-point values and converts them to
    four integer values; GetVertexAttribIiv reads and returns them as signed
    integers; GetVertexAttribIuiv reads and returns them as four unsigned
    integers; GetVertexAttribLdvEXT reads and returns them as four double-
    precision floating-point values.  GetVertexAttribLi64vNV reads and returns 
    them as four 64-bit signed integer values.  GetVertexAttribLui64vNV reads 
    and returns them as four 64-bit unsigned integer values.  The results of 
    the query are undefined if the current attribute values are read using one 
    data type but were specified using a different one.  The error 
    INVALID_OPERATION is generated if index is zero, as there is no current 
    value for generic attribute zero.


Additions to Appendix A of the OpenGL 3.2 (Compatibility Profile)
Specification (Invariance)

    None.

Additions to the AGL/GLX/WGL Specifications

    None.

GLX Protocol

    TBD

Dependencies on NV_vertex_buffer_unified_memory

    If NV_vertex_buffer_unified_memory is not supported, remove the
    VertexAttribLFormatNV command.

Dependencies on NV_gpu_program5 and NV_gpu_shader5

    This extension provides the ability to specify the values of vertex
    attributes with 64-bit components.  To use these vertex attributes,
    separate extensions are required to read the values.  The NV_gpu_program5
    extension provides support for 64-bit integer inputs in assembly programs;
    NV_gpu_shader5 provides similar support for GLSL vertex shaders.  To
    enable this capability in a GLSL vertex shader on implementations
    supporting NV_gpu_shader5, it is necessary to include

      #extension GL_NV_gpu_shader5 : enable

    in the vertex shader text.  The NV_vertex_attrib_integer_64bit extension
    does not provide any separate new GLSL capabilities and can not be used
    with "#extension".

    64-bit components are not supported by the fixed-function vertex
    processing pipeline stage.

Dependencies on EXT_vertex_attrib_64bit

    If EXT_vertex_attrib_64bit is supported, vertex shaders are permitted to
    use 64-bit floating-point components for their inputs.  

    Even if an application only uses 64-bit floating-point values in their
    vertex shader, this extension may still be useful.  In particular, it
    provides the VertexAttribLFormatNV function, which allows the "bindless"
    vertex attribute array support provided by the
    NV_vertex_buffer_unified_memory extension to be used with 64-bit
    components, integer or floating-point.

Errors

    None.

New State

    None.

New Implementation Dependent State

    None.

Issues

    (1) What GLSL "#extension" should be required to enable 64-bit integer
        vertex sahder inputs. 

      RESOLVED:  NV_gpu_shader5 provides general-purpose support for 64-bit
      integer types in shaders, and we have written it to explicitly permit
      64-bit integer vertex shader inputs.  Since this is the only GLSL
      capability required for this extension and NV_gpu_shader5 or equivalent
      functionality is required, there is no separate "#extension" provided
      for just this extension.


Revision History

    Rev.    Date    Author    Changes
    ----  --------  --------  -----------------------------------------
     4    03/21/10  pbrown    Minor wording updates to the spec overview, 
                              dependencies, issues, and body.

     3    03/08/10  pbrown    Rename to "NV_vertex_attrib_integer_64bit" to
                              avoid possible confusion with the floating-
                              point EXT_vertex_attrib_64bit.  The previous
                              spec name was "NV_vertex_attrib_64bit".

     2       --     jbolz     Rewrite as (u)int64-only extension of EXT.

     1       --     pbrown    Internal revisions.