Name

    ARB_texture_buffer_range

Name Strings

    GL_ARB_texture_buffer_range

Contact

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

Contributors

    Jon Leech
    Mark Kilgard, NVIDIA

Notice

    Copyright (c) 2012-2013 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: August 7, 2013
    Version: 8

Number

    ARB Extension #139

Dependencies

    ARB_texture_buffer_object or OpenGL 3.1 is required.

    The definition of this extension is dependent on EXT_direct_state_access.

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

Overview

    ARB_texture_buffer_object (which was promoted to core in OpenGL 3.1)
    introduced the ability to attach the data store of a buffer object
    to a buffer texture and access it from shaders. The extension only allows
    the entire store of the buffer object to the texture. This extension
    expands on this and allows a sub-range of the buffer's data store to
    be attached to a texture. This can be used, for example, to allow multiple
    buffer textures to be backed by independent sub-ranges of the same buffer
    object, or for different sub-ranges of a single buffer object to be used
    for different purposes.

IP Status

    No known IP claims.

New Procedures and Functions

        void TexBufferRange(enum target,
                            enum internalformat,
                            uint buffer,
                            intptr offset,
                            sizeiptr size);

    When EXT_direct_state_access is present:

        void TextureBufferRangeEXT(uint texture,
                                   enum target,
                                   enum internalformat,
                                   uint buffer,
                                   intptr offset,
                                   sizeiptr size);

New Tokens

    Accepted by the <pname> parameter of GetTexLevelParameter:

        TEXTURE_BUFFER_OFFSET                               0x919D
        TEXTURE_BUFFER_SIZE                                 0x919E

    Accepted by the <pname> parameter of GetBooleanv, GetIntegerv, GetFloatv,
    and GetDoublev:

        TEXTURE_BUFFER_OFFSET_ALIGNMENT                     0x919F

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 3.8.7 "Buffer Textures"

    Change the description of TexBuffer as follows:

        The command

        void TexBufferRange(enum target,
                            enum internalformat,
                            uint buffer,
                            intptr offset,
                            sizeiptr size);

    attaches the range of the storage for the buffer object named <buffer>
    for <size> basic machine units, starting at <offset> (also in basic machine
    units) to the active buffer texture, and specifies an internal format
    for the texel array found in the range of the attached buffer object. If
    <buffer> is zero, then any buffer object attached to the buffer texture
    is detached, the values <offset> and <size> are ignored and the state for
    <offset> and <size> for the buffer texture are reset to zero. If <buffer>
    is non-zero, but is not the name of a buffer object, the error
    INVALID_OPERATION is generated. If <offset> is negative or if <size> is
    less than or equal to zero or if <offset> + <size> is greater than the
    value of BUFFER_SIZE for the buffer bound to <target>, of if <offset> is
    not an integer multiple of TEXTURE_BUFFER_OFFSET_ALIGNMENT, then the error
    INVALID_VALUE is generated. <internalformat> specifies the storage format
    and must be one of the sized internal formats found in Table 3.15.

        The command

        void TextureBufferRangeEXT(uint texture,
                                   enum target,
                                   enum internalformat,
                                   uint buffer,
                                   intptr offset,
                                   sizeiptr size);

    behaves identically to TexBufferRange, except rather than updating the
    currently bound texture object for the texture unit indicated by the current
    active texture state, the texture object named <texture> is updated
    directly. <texture> must be a name returned from a previous call to
    GenTextures or be that of an existing texture matching <target>. If <texture>
    is not the name of an existing texture, one is created with the name
    <texture> for <target>.

        The command

        void TexBuffer(enum target,
                       enum internalformat,
                       uint buffer);

    is equivalent to calling TexBufferRange with the <target>, <internalformat>
    and <buffer> parameters as specified, with <offset> set to zero, and
    <size> set to the value of BUFFER_SIZE for <buffer>.

        When a range of the storage of a buffer object is attached to a buffer
    texture, the range of the buffer's data store is taken as the texture's
    texel array. The number of texels in the buffer texture's texel array is
    given by

                    |                 <size>                 |
                    |  ------------------------------------  |
                    |_  <components> x sizeof(<base_type>)  _|

    where <components> and <base_type> are the element count and base type for
    elements, as specified in Table 3.15.

Modifications to Section 3.9.15 "Texture and Proxy State"

    Add to the state required for buffer textures:
    
    ... The buffer texture target has associated an integer containing the name
    of the buffer object that provided the data store for the texture,
    initially zero, and two pointer sized integers containing the offset and
    range of the buffer object's data store, also initially zero.

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)

    None.

Errors

    INVALID_ENUM is generated by TexBufferRange if <target> is not
    TEXTURE_BUFFER.

    INVALID_VALUE is generated by TexBufferRange if <offset> is less than zero.

    INVALID_VALUE is generated by TexBufferRange if <size> is less than zero.

    INVALID_VALUE is generated by TexBufferRange if <offset> + <size> is
    greater than the value of BUFFER_SIZE for <buffer>.

    INVALID_VALUE is generated by TexBufferRange if <offset> is not
    an integer multiple of the value of TEXTURE_BUFFER_OFFSET_ALIGNMENT.

New State

    Append to Table 6.17. Textures (state per texture image)

    +-------------------------+---------+----------------------+---------------+------------------------------------------+
    | Get Value               | Type    | Get Command          | Initial Value | Description                              |
    +-------------------------+---------+----------------------+---------------+------------------------------------------+
    | TEXTURE_BUFFER_OFFSET   |  n x Z  | GetTexLevelParameter | 0             | Offset into buffer's data store used for |
    |                         |         |                      |               | the active image unit's buffer texture   |
    | TEXTURE_BUFFER_SIZE     |  n x Z  | GetTexLevelParameter | 0             | Size of the buffer's data store used for |
    |                         |         |                      |               | the active image unit's buffer texture   |
    +-------------------------+---------+----------------------+---------------+------------------------------------------+

New Implementation Dependent State

    +---------------------------------+------+-------------+------------+----------------------------+---------+-----------+
    |                                 |      |             | Minimum    |                            |         |           |
    | Get Value                       | Type | Get Command | Value      | Description                | Sec     | Attribute |
    +---------------------------------+------+-------------+------------+----------------------------+---------+-----------+
    | TEXTURE_BUFFER_OFFSET_ALIGNMENT | Z+   | GetIntegerv | 1          | Minimum required alignment | 3.8.7   | -         |
    |                                 |      |             |            | for texture buffer offsets |         |           |
    +---------------------------------+------+-------------+------------+----------------------------+---------+-----------+

Conformance Tests

    TBD

Issues

    1) Do we need to have restrictions on the alignment of <offset> and/or
       <size> for TexBufferRange?

       RESOLVED: Yes for offset, no for range. The minimum value here is 1,
       essentially making it optional for offsets.

Dependencies on EXT_direct_state_access

    If EXT_direct_state_access is not supported, remove all references to
    TextureBufferRangeEXT.

Revision History

    Rev.  Date        Author    Changes
    ----  ----------  --------  -----------------------------------------
     8    08/07/2013  mjk       Better indicate DSA entrypoints
     7    05/29/2012  Jon Leech Fix capitalization of <internalformat>.
     6    05/02/2012  drakos    Add EXT suffix to TextureBufferRange.
     5    04/30/2012  gsellers  Assign token values.
                                Add more error behavior.
                                Minor fixes.
     4    04/26/2012  gsellers  Clarify that <offset> and <size> are reset for
                                TexBOs when a buffer is unbound.
     3    04/02/2012  gsellers  Update token names. Correct typos. (bug 8131).
                                Add TEXTURE_BUFFER_OFFSET_ALIGNMENT.
                                Resolve issue (1).
     2    12/19/2011  gsellers  Document interaction with EXT_dsa. Rename to
                                ARB. Remove ARB suffixes from APIs and tokens.
     1    09/26/2011  gsellers  Initial draft