Vulkan
From wikipedia:Vulkan (API):
- Vulkan, initially referred to as "glNext", is a low-overhead, cross-platform 3D graphics and compute API.
Learn more at Khronos.
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Installation
To run a Vulkan application, you will need to install the vulkan-icd-loader package, as well as the Vulkan drivers for your graphics card(s):
- Intel: vulkan-intel
- NVIDIA: nvidia
- AMD: vulkan-radeon (radeon) or amdgpu-pro-vulkanAUR (AMDGPU PRO)
Other drivers may be installed manually instead:
- PowerVR: https://imgtec.com/vulkan
- Adreno: https://developer.qualcomm.com/software/adreno-gpu-sdk/gpu
For Vulkan application development, install vulkan-headers, and optional vulkan-validation-layers.
Vulkan Hardware Database
The Vulkan Hardware Database provides user reported GPU/driver combinations. Supplying own information is possible by using vulkan-caps-viewerAUR.
Troubleshooting
Error - vulkan: No DRI3 support
If you get the message above, make sure to create the following file with the given content and restart your X. This should not be necessary on Wayland.
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf
Section "Device" Identifier "Intel Graphics" Driver "intel" Option "DRI" "3" EndSection
Nvidia - vulkan is not working and can not initialize
Check if you have vulkan-intel installed, it may prevent Nvidia's vulkan driver from being detected.