# vkGetPhysicalDeviceExternalBufferProperties(3) Manual Page

## Name

vkGetPhysicalDeviceExternalBufferProperties - Query external handle types supported by buffers

## C Specification

To query the external handle types supported by buffers, call:

    void vkGetPhysicalDeviceExternalBufferProperties(
        VkPhysicalDevice                            physicalDevice,
        const VkPhysicalDeviceExternalBufferInfo*   pExternalBufferInfo,
        VkExternalBufferProperties*                 pExternalBufferProperties);

or the equivalent command

    void vkGetPhysicalDeviceExternalBufferPropertiesKHR(
        VkPhysicalDevice                            physicalDevice,
        const VkPhysicalDeviceExternalBufferInfo*   pExternalBufferInfo,
        VkExternalBufferProperties*                 pExternalBufferProperties);

## Parameters

- `physicalDevice` is the physical device from which to query the buffer capabilities.

- `pExternalBufferInfo` is a pointer to a VkPhysicalDeviceExternalBufferInfo structure describing the parameters that would be consumed by vkCreateBuffer.

- `pExternalBufferProperties` is a pointer to a VkExternalBufferProperties structure in which capabilities are returned.

## Description

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- `physicalDevice` must be a valid VkPhysicalDevice handle

- `pExternalBufferInfo` must be a valid pointer to a valid VkPhysicalDeviceExternalBufferInfo structure

- `pExternalBufferProperties` must be a valid pointer to a VkExternalBufferProperties structure

## See Also

VkExternalBufferProperties, VkPhysicalDevice, VkPhysicalDeviceExternalBufferInfo

## 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 (c) 2014-2020 Khronos Group. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.