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unreleased

  • the new "bench" example is added
  • timestamp period query is moved to the Queue
  • DescriptorLimits is added to consolidate descriptor-related limits and its fields changed from usize to u32
  • Limits and Capabilities structures merged together as PhysicalDeviceProperties
  • Entries for Mesh Shading and Descriptor Indexing added to PhysicalDeviceProperties

hal-0.7.0 (30-01-2021)

  • Borrow and ExactSizeIterator bounds are removed from the iterators
  • error improvements:
    • use thiserror for errors
    • variants and a few names are refactored
  • API external synchronization constraints now match Vulkan, &mut changes affected the following parameters:
    • event in Device::set_event and Device::reset_event
    • fence in Device::reset_fences and Queue::submit
    • destination sets in write_descriptor_sets and copy_descriptor_sets
    • memory in map_memory and unmap_memory
    • queue in Queue::wait_idle
    • semaphore in Queue::present
  • ImageFeature improvements:
    • new STORAGE_READ_WRITE bit, indicating that the storage can be read and written within the same draw/dispatch call
    • new TRANSFER_SRC and TRANSFER_DST bits, following VK_KHR_maintenance1
    • new SAMPLED_MINMAX bit, following VK_EXT_sampling_minmax
  • Framebuffers become image-less, following VK_KHR_imageless_framebuffer
  • the old swapchain model is removed, and the new one is updated to match the backends even better
  • debug names are supported for all objectr
  • other API changes:
    • bind_index_buffer now doesn't need a separate structure
    • plural versions of reset_fence and create_xx_pipeline are removed
    • swapchain images can be used for transfer operations
    • separate feature for comparison mutable samplers
    • pipeline descriptor vectors are replaced with slices
    • features for non-normalized mutable samplers
    • Capabilities structure with supported dynamic state flags
  • OpenGL backend improvements:
    • finally has the API fully matching gfx-hal
    • now only uses OpenGL ES on Linux/Android/Web targets
    • binding model has been completely rewritten
    • various number of fixed in rendering, memory mapping, and other areas

backend-dx12-unreleased

  • fix SPIR-V entry point selection

backend-vulkan-0.6.5 (15-10-2020)

  • support different types of descriptors in a single DescriptorSetWrite

backend-dx12-0.6.3 backend-dx11-0.6.1 backend-metal-0.6.2 auxil-0.5.1 (31-08-2020)

  • update spirv_cross to 0.21:
    • force zero initialization in all generated shaders
    • force the use of native arrays for MSL

backend-dx12-0.6.7 (12-10-2020)

  • get proper support for compressed textures

backend-dx12-0.6.6 (05-10-2020)

  • allow color blend factors to be used on alpha channel

backend-dx12-0.6.5 (04-10-2020)

  • implement command buffer markers
  • debug names for render passes and descriptor sets

backend-vulkan-0.6.3 (30-09-2020)

  • enable VK_KHR_maintenance3 when VK_EXT_descriptor_indexing is enabled

backend-dx12-0.6.4 backend-vulkan-0.6.2 backend-metal-0.6.3 (23-09-2020)

  • fix descriptor indexing features

backend-dx11-0.6.4 (07-09-2020)

  • fix memory flush ranges
  • support presentation modes

backend-dx11-0.6.3 (04-09-2020)

  • fix cpu-visible mapping
  • fix UAV reset count

backend-dx11-0.6.2 (02-09-2020)

  • fix bindings filter by shader stages
  • implement copies from buffers into R8, RG8, and RGBA8 textures
  • fix read-only storage buffer support
  • fix race condition in internal shader operations

auxil-0.6.0 (02-09-2020)

  • update to newer version of spirv_cross to be consistent with backends

backend-dx12-0.6.3 (02-09-2020)

  • fix root signature indexing
  • force zero initialization for shader variables

backend-metal-0.6.2 (02-09-2020)

  • enable compatibility with iOS emulator
  • force zero initialization for shader variables
  • force the use of native arrays for MSL

backend-dx11-0.6.1 (02-09-2020)

  • force zero initialization for shader variables

backend-metal-0.6.1 (23-08-2020)

  • fix layer checks in clear_image

backend-dx12-0.6.2 (19-08-2020)

  • enable multisampling and object labels

backend-dx12-0.6.1 (18-08-2020)

  • fix descriptor binding

backend-vulkan-0.6.1 (17-08-2020)

  • fix Android build

hal-0.6.0 (15-08-2020)

  • API changes:
    • the old Vulkan-ish swapchain model is completely removed
    • pso::Stage enum is removed from the API into gfx-auxil::ShaderStage
    • SubresourceRange allows unbound array layers and mipmap levels
    • new PrimitiveAssemblerDesc enum
    • DescriptorPool::free_sets is renamed to just free
  • Features:
    • object labels for pipelines and their layouts
    • draw with indirect counts
    • mesh shaders (Vulkan with NV extension only, for now)

backend-dx12-0.5.10 (16-08-2020)

  • fix binding of dynamic uniform buffers

backend-dx12-0.5.9 (14-08-2020)

  • fix creation of depth-stencil views
  • fix command allocator reset validation errors
  • fix the crash on unconfigure_swapchain

backend-dx11-0.5.2 (29-07-2020)

  • update libloading to 0.6

backend-vulkan-0.5.11 (22-07-2020)

  • switch from core-graphics to core-graphics-types.

backend-metal-0.5.6 (21-07-2020)

  • update metal to 0.20
  • switch from cocoa to cocoa-foundation.
  • remove core-graphics dependency

backend-metal-0.5.5 (20-07-2020)

  • update cocoa to 0.22 and metal to 0.19.

backend-vulkan-0.5.10 (10-07-2020)

  • skip unknown memory types

backend-empty-0.5.2 (06-07-2020)

  • mock descriptor set creation functions

backend-empty-0.5.1 (30-06-2020)

  • start turning the empty backend into a mock instead of always panicking
  • mock memory creation and buffer and image creation functions

hal-0.5.3 backend-dx12-0.5.8 backend-vulkan-0.5.9 (27-06-2020)

  • add DRAW_INDIRECT_COUNT feature and enable on supported backends

hal-0.5.2 backend-dx12-0.5.7 backend-metal-0.5.4 backend-vulkan-0.5.8 (12-06-2020)

  • add descriptor indexing features and enable on supported backends

hal-0.5.1 backend-dx12-0.5.6 backend-metal-0.5.3 backend-vulkan-0.5.7 (10-06-2020)

  • add TEXTURE_DESCRIPTOR_ARRAY feature and enable on supported backends

backend-dx12-0.5.5 (01-06-2020)

  • implement descriptor pool destruction

backend-dx12-0.5.4 (29-05-2020)

  • fix detection of integrated gpus
  • fix UB in compile_shader

backend-dx11-0.5.1, backend-dx12-0.5.3, backend-gl-0.5.1, backend-metal-0.5.2 (05-05-2020)

  • update spirv_cross to 0.20

backend-dx12-0.5.2 (05-04-2020)

  • fix offset calculation for root descriptors

backend-dx12-0.5.1 (01-01-2020)

  • fix drop of physical devices
  • handle device lost during a fence wait
  • rework the way swapchain waits to acquire new frames

backend-vulkan-0.5.6 (27-04-2020)

  • gracefully detect when the driver supports it but hardware does not

backend-vulkan-0.5.3 (25-04-2020)

  • switch to VK_LAYER_KHRONOS_validation

backend-vulkan-0.5.2 (01-04-2020)

  • fix support for AMD_NEGATIVE_VIEWPORT_HEIGHT

backend-metal-0.5.1 (26-03-2020)

  • fix debug assertion for the index buffer range
  • fix NDC_Y_FLIP feature

backend-vulkan-0.5.1 (26-03-2020)

  • fix debug color markers
  • fix detection of the MirrorClamp mode

hal-0.5.0 (23-03-2020)

  • API changes:
    • allocating command buffers or descriptor sets no longer touches the heap
    • DescriptorType is now a rich enum
    • RangeArg trait is removed, instead the offsets are required, and the sizes are optional
    • Removed Anisotropic and SubpassRef enums in favor of options
  • Features:
    • debug markers
    • new WrapMode::MirrorClamp
    • Y-flipped NDC space
    • read-only storage descriptors

backend-metal-0.4.3 (22-02-2020)

  • support version 2.2 of the Metal shading language

backend-vulkan-0.4.2 (13-02-2020)

  • work around Intel swapchain bug when acquiring images

backend-dx12-0.4.3 (07-01-2020)

  • fix a crash at initialization time

backend-dx11-0.4.4, backend-dx11-0.4.5 (06-01-2020)

  • disable coherent memory for being broken
  • rewrite the binding model completely

backend-metal-0.4.2 (18-11-2019)

  • fix missing iOS metallib
  • fix viewport/scissor after clear_attachments call

hal-0.4.1 (04-11-2019)

  • Error implementations
  • fix ShaderStageFlags::ALL

backend-dx12-0.4.1, backend-dx11-0.4.2 (01-11-2019)

  • switch to explicit linking of "d3d12.dll", "d3d11.dll" and "dxgi.dll"

backend-dx12-0.4.1 (01-11-2019)

  • switch to explicit linking of "d3d12.dll" and "dxgi.dll"

hal-0.4.0 (23-10-2019)

  • all strongly typed HAL wrappers are removed
  • all use of failure is removed
  • alternative swapchain model built into Surface
  • Instance trait is assocated by Backend, now includes surface creation and destruction
  • Surface capabiltities queried are refactored, PresentMode is turned into bitflags
  • Primitive enum is refactored and moved to pso module
  • SamplerInfo struct is refactored and renamed to SamplerDesc
  • debug labels for objects

backend-dx12-0.3.4 (13-09-2019)

  • improve external render pass barriers

backend-metal-0.3.3 (05-09-2019)

  • fix immutable samplers in combined image-samplers

backend-vulkan-0.3.3 (03-09-2019)

  • fix iOS build

backend-vulkan-0.3.2, backend-dx12-0.3.2 (30-08-2019)

  • add Instance::try_create methods

backend-metal-0.3.1 (21-08-2019)

  • fix memory leaks in render pass and labels creation

hal-0.3.0 (08-08-2019)

  • graphics pipeline state refactor
  • no winit feature by default
  • events support
  • more device limits are exposed
  • Vulkan: fixed swapchain ranges, stencil dynamic states
  • DX12: "readonly" storage support
  • Metal: argument buffer support, real immutable samplers
  • GL: compute shaders, new memory model, WebGL support, lots of other goodies

backend-dx12-0.2.4 (02-08-2019)

  • optimize shader visibility of descriptors

backend-dx12-0.2.3, backend-metal-0.2.4 (01-08-2019)

  • fix exposed MSAA capabilities and resolves

backend-dx12-0.2.2 (29-07-2019)

  • fix image view creation panics

backend-backend-metal-0.2.3 (10-07-2019)

  • fixed depth clip mode support, updates spirv-cross

backend-dx11-0.2.1, backend-dx12-0.2.1, backend-metal-0.2.2, backend-empty-0.2.1 (28-06-2019)

  • Debug implementations for Instance

backend-vulkan-0.2.2 (14-06-2019)

  • allow building on macOS for Vulkan Portability

backend-metal-0.2.1 (14-06-2019)

  • fixed memory leaks in render pass descriptors and function strings

hal-0.2.1 (10-06-2019)

  • Debug implementations

backend-vulkan-0.2.1 (23-05-2019)

  • fix VK_EXT_debug_utils check at startup

hal-0.2.0 (10-05-2019)

  • pipeline cache support
  • rich presentation errors
  • nicer specialization constants
  • Debug implementations
  • consistent format names
  • more limits
  • surface alpha composition properties
  • descriptor pool create flags
  • removal of FrameSync

backend-dx11-0.1.1 (05-03-2019)

  • fixed buffer bind flags
  • synchronization of disjoint CB across copy operations
  • depth texture views

backend-dx12-0.1.2 (04-03-2019)

  • typeless formats for textures
  • fixed vertex buffer binding
  • fixed non-array views of array textures

backend-metal-0.1.1 (21-02-2019)

  • secondary command buffers
  • multiple iOS fixes
  • fixed surface dimensions

backend-dx12-0.1.1 (04-02-2019)

  • get_fence_status

backend-empty-0.1.0 (04-02-2019)

  • dummy surface creation

hal-0.1.0 (27-12-2018)

  • gfx-hal: graphics hardware abstraction layer
  • gfx-backend-*: Vulkan, D3D12, D3D11, Metal, and GL
  • range-alloc: helper struct to manage ranges
  • unsafe qualifiers on all the API methods
  • non-clonable command buffers and resources