# VK_NV_copy_memory_indirect(3) Manual Page

## Name

VK_NV_copy_memory_indirect - device extension

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## Registered Extension Number

427

## Revision

1

## Ratification Status

Not ratified

## Extension and Version Dependencies

VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2
or
Vulkan Version 1.1
and
VK_KHR_buffer_device_address
or
Vulkan Version 1.2

## Contact

- Vikram Kushwaha [GitHub]vkushwaha-nv

## Other Extension Metadata

Last Modified Date

  2022-10-14

Contributors

  - Vikram Kushwaha, NVIDIA

  - Jeff Bolz, NVIDIA

  - Christoph Kubisch, NVIDIA

  - Daniel Koch, NVIDIA

## Description

This extension adds support for performing copies between memory and image regions using indirect parameters that are read by the device from a buffer during execution. This functionality may be useful for performing copies where the copy parameters are not known during the command buffer creation time.

## New Commands

- vkCmdCopyMemoryIndirectNV

- vkCmdCopyMemoryToImageIndirectNV

## New Structures

- VkCopyMemoryIndirectCommandNV

- VkCopyMemoryToImageIndirectCommandNV

- Extending VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2, VkDeviceCreateInfo:

  - VkPhysicalDeviceCopyMemoryIndirectFeaturesNV

- Extending VkPhysicalDeviceProperties2:

  - VkPhysicalDeviceCopyMemoryIndirectPropertiesNV

## New Enum Constants

- `VK_NV_COPY_MEMORY_INDIRECT_EXTENSION_NAME`

- `VK_NV_COPY_MEMORY_INDIRECT_SPEC_VERSION`

- Extending VkStructureType:

  - `VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_COPY_MEMORY_INDIRECT_FEATURES_NV`

  - `VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_COPY_MEMORY_INDIRECT_PROPERTIES_NV`

## Version History

- Revision 1, 2022-10-14 (Vikram Kushwaha)

  - Initial draft

## See Also

No cross-references are available

## Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification

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## Copyright

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