VkIndirectCommandsTokenTypeEXT(3)

# VkIndirectCommandsTokenTypeEXT(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkIndirectCommandsTokenTypeEXT - Enum specifying token commands

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## C Specification

Possible values of those elements of the VkIndirectCommandsLayoutCreateInfoEXT::`pTokens` array specifying command tokens (other elements of the array specify command parameters) are:

    // Provided by VK_EXT_device_generated_commands
    typedef enum VkIndirectCommandsTokenTypeEXT {
        VK_INDIRECT_COMMANDS_TOKEN_TYPE_EXECUTION_SET_EXT = 0,
        VK_INDIRECT_COMMANDS_TOKEN_TYPE_PUSH_CONSTANT_EXT = 1,
        VK_INDIRECT_COMMANDS_TOKEN_TYPE_SEQUENCE_INDEX_EXT = 2,
        VK_INDIRECT_COMMANDS_TOKEN_TYPE_INDEX_BUFFER_EXT = 3,
        VK_INDIRECT_COMMANDS_TOKEN_TYPE_VERTEX_BUFFER_EXT = 4,
        VK_INDIRECT_COMMANDS_TOKEN_TYPE_DRAW_INDEXED_EXT = 5,
        VK_INDIRECT_COMMANDS_TOKEN_TYPE_DRAW_EXT = 6,
        VK_INDIRECT_COMMANDS_TOKEN_TYPE_DRAW_INDEXED_COUNT_EXT = 7,
        VK_INDIRECT_COMMANDS_TOKEN_TYPE_DRAW_COUNT_EXT = 8,
        VK_INDIRECT_COMMANDS_TOKEN_TYPE_DISPATCH_EXT = 9,
      // Provided by VK_EXT_device_generated_commands with VK_NV_mesh_shader
        VK_INDIRECT_COMMANDS_TOKEN_TYPE_DRAW_MESH_TASKS_NV_EXT = 1000202002,
      // Provided by VK_EXT_device_generated_commands with VK_NV_mesh_shader
        VK_INDIRECT_COMMANDS_TOKEN_TYPE_DRAW_MESH_TASKS_COUNT_NV_EXT = 1000202003,
      // Provided by VK_EXT_device_generated_commands with VK_EXT_mesh_shader
        VK_INDIRECT_COMMANDS_TOKEN_TYPE_DRAW_MESH_TASKS_EXT = 1000328000,
      // Provided by VK_EXT_device_generated_commands with VK_EXT_mesh_shader
        VK_INDIRECT_COMMANDS_TOKEN_TYPE_DRAW_MESH_TASKS_COUNT_EXT = 1000328001,
      // Provided by VK_KHR_ray_tracing_maintenance1 with VK_EXT_device_generated_commands
        VK_INDIRECT_COMMANDS_TOKEN_TYPE_TRACE_RAYS2_EXT = 1000386004,
    } VkIndirectCommandsTokenTypeEXT;

## Description

Table 1. Supported Indirect Command Tokens
Common Tokens | Command Data
--- | ---
`VK_INDIRECT_COMMANDS_TOKEN_TYPE_EXECUTION_SET_EXT` | `u32[]` array of indices into the indirect execution set
`VK_INDIRECT_COMMANDS_TOKEN_TYPE_PUSH_CONSTANT_EXT` | `u32[]` raw data
`VK_INDIRECT_COMMANDS_TOKEN_TYPE_SEQUENCE_INDEX_EXT` | `u32` placeholder data (not accessed by shader)
Compute Tokens |
`VK_INDIRECT_COMMANDS_TOKEN_TYPE_DISPATCH_EXT` | VkDispatchIndirectCommand
Ray Tracing Tokens |
`VK_INDIRECT_COMMANDS_TOKEN_TYPE_TRACE_RAYS2_EXT` | VkTraceRaysIndirectCommand2KHR
Graphics State Tokens |
`VK_INDIRECT_COMMANDS_TOKEN_TYPE_INDEX_BUFFER_EXT` | VkBindIndexBufferIndirectCommandEXT
`VK_INDIRECT_COMMANDS_TOKEN_TYPE_VERTEX_BUFFER_EXT` | VkBindVertexBufferIndirectCommandEXT
Graphics Draw Tokens |
`VK_INDIRECT_COMMANDS_TOKEN_TYPE_DRAW_INDEXED_EXT` | VkDrawIndexedIndirectCommand
`VK_INDIRECT_COMMANDS_TOKEN_TYPE_DRAW_EXT` | VkDrawIndirectCommand
`VK_INDIRECT_COMMANDS_TOKEN_TYPE_DRAW_MESH_TASKS_EXT` | VkDrawMeshTasksIndirectCommandEXT
`VK_INDIRECT_COMMANDS_TOKEN_TYPE_DRAW_MESH_TASKS_NV_EXT` | VkDrawMeshTasksIndirectCommandNV
Graphics Draw Count Tokens |
`VK_INDIRECT_COMMANDS_TOKEN_TYPE_DRAW_INDEXED_COUNT_EXT` | VkDrawIndirectCountIndirectCommandEXT with VkDrawIndexedIndirectCommand
`VK_INDIRECT_COMMANDS_TOKEN_TYPE_DRAW_COUNT_EXT` | VkDrawIndirectCountIndirectCommandEXT with VkDrawIndirectCommand
`VK_INDIRECT_COMMANDS_TOKEN_TYPE_DRAW_MESH_TASKS_COUNT_EXT` | VkDrawIndirectCountIndirectCommandEXT with VkDrawMeshTasksIndirectCommandEXT
`VK_INDIRECT_COMMANDS_TOKEN_TYPE_DRAW_MESH_TASKS_COUNT_NV_EXT` | VkDrawIndirectCountIndirectCommandEXT with VkDrawMeshTasksIndirectCommandNV

## See Also

VK_EXT_device_generated_commands, VkIndirectCommandsLayoutTokenEXT

## Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification

This page is extracted from the Vulkan Specification. Fixes and changes should be made to the Specification, not directly.

## Copyright

Copyright 2014-2025 The Khronos Group Inc.

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