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NAME
glslangValidator - OpenGL (ES) Shading Language Reference Compiler
SYNOPSIS
glslangValidator [OPTION]... [FILE]...
DESCRIPTION
Glslang is the official reference compiler front end for the OpenGL ES and OpenGL shading
languages. It implements a strict interpretation of the specifications for these
languages. It is open and free for anyone to use, either from a command line or
programmatically. The OpenGL and OpenGL ES working groups are committed to maintaining
consistency between the reference compiler and the corresponding shading language
specifications.
The purpose of the reference compiler is to identify shader portability issues. If glslang
accepts a shader without errors, then all OpenGL and OpenGL ES implementations claiming to
support the shader's language version should also accept the shader without errors.
Likewise, if glslang reports an error when compiling a shader, all OpenGL and OpenGL ES
implementations for that language version should report errors, unless the glslang errors
are caused by differences in implementation-defined limits or extension support.
Glslang can also be used to generate SPIR-V from GLSL. But this feature is experimental
and non-optimized.
FILE
The file extension of FILE results in auto-stage classification:
.conf to provide a config file that replaces the default configuration (see -c option
below for generating a template)
.vert for a vertex shader
.tesc for a tessellation control shader
.tese for a tessellation evaluation shader
.geom for a geometry shader
.frag for a fragment shader
.comp for a compute shader
OPTIONS
-C cascading errors; risk crash from accumulation of error recoveries
-D input is HLSL
-D<macro=def>
-D<macro>
define a pre-processor macro
-E print pre-processed GLSL; cannot be used with -l; errors will appear on stderr.
-G[ver]
create SPIR-V binary, under OpenGL semantics; turns on -l; default file name is
<stage>.spv (-o overrides this) 'ver', when present, is the version of the input
semantics, which will appear in #define GL_SPIRV ver. --client opengl100 is the
same as -G100 and --target-env for OpenGL will also imply -G
-H print human readable form of SPIR-V; turns on -V
-I<dir>
add dir to the include search path; includer's directory is searched first,
followed by left-to-right order of -I
-Od disables optimization. May cause illegal SPIR-V for HLSL.
-Os optimizes SPIR-V to minimize size.
-S <stage>
uses specified stage rather than parsing the file extension choices for <stage> are
vert, tesc, tese, geom, frag, or comp
-U<macro>
undefine a pre-processor macro
-V[ver]
create SPIR-V binary, under Vulkan semantics; turns on -l; default file name is
<stage>.spv (-o overrides this) 'ver', when present, is the version of the input
semantics, which will appear in #define VULKAN ver. --client vulkan100 is the same
as -V100 and --target-env for Vulkan will also imply -V
-c configuration dump; creates the default configuration file (redirect to a .conf
file)
-d default to desktop (#version 110) when there is no shader #version (default is ES
version 100)
-e <name>
specify <name> as the entry-point name
-g generate debug information
-h print this usage message
-i intermediate tree (glslang AST) is printed out
-l link all input files together to form a single module
-m memory leak mode
-o <file>
save binary to <file>, requires a binary option (e.g., -V)
-q dump reflection query database
-r synonym for --relaxed-errors
-s silence syntax and semantic error reporting
-t multi-threaded mode
-v print version strings
-w synonym for --suppress-warnings
-x save binary output as text-based 32-bit hexadecimal numbers
--auto-map-bindings
automatically bind uniform variables without explicit bindings.
--amb synonym for --auto-map-bindings
--auto-map-locations
automatically locate input/output lacking 'location' (fragile, not cross stage)
--aml synonym for --auto-map-locations
--client {vulkan<ver>|opengl<ver>}
see -V and -G
--flatten-uniform-arrays
flatten uniform texture/sampler arrays to scalars
--fua synonym for --flatten-uniform-arrays
--hlsl-offsets
Allow block offsets to follow HLSL rules. Works independently of source language
--hlsl-iomap
Perform IO mapping in HLSL register space
--keep-uncalled
don't eliminate uncalled functions
--ku synonym for --keep-uncalled
--no-storage-format
use Unknown image format
--nsf synonym for --no-storage-format
--relaxed-errors
relaxed GLSL semantic error-checking mode
--resource-set-binding [stage] name set binding
Set descriptor set and binding for individual resources
--resource-set-binding [stage] set
Set descriptor set for all resources
--rsb [stage] type set binding
synonym for --resource-set-binding
--shift-image-binding [stage] num
base binding number for images (uav)
--shift-image-binding [stage] [num set]... per-descriptor-set shift values
--sib [stage] num
synonym for --shift-image-binding
--shift-sampler-binding [stage] num
base binding number for samplers
--shift-sampler-binding [stage] [num set]... per-descriptor-set shift values
--ssb [stage] num
synonym for --shift-sampler-binding
--shift-ssbo-binding [stage] num
base binding number for SSBOs
--shift-ssbo-binding [stage] [num set]... per-descriptor-set shift values
--sbb [stage] num
synonym for --shift-ssbo-binding
--shift-texture-binding [stage] num
base binding number for textures
--shift-texture-binding [stage] [num set]... per-descriptor-set shift values
--stb [stage] num
synonym for --shift-texture-binding
--shift-uav-binding [stage] num
base binding number for UAVs
--shift-uav-binding [stage] [num set]... per-descriptor-set shift values
--suavb [stage] num
synonym for --shift-uav-binding
--shift-UBO-binding [stage] num
base binding number for UBOs
--shift-UBO-binding [stage] [num set]... per-descriptor-set shift values
--shift-cbuffer-binding [stage] num
synonym for --shift-UBO-binding
--shift-cbuffer-binding [stage] [num set]... per-descriptor-set shift values
--sub [stage] num
synonym for --shift-UBO-binding
--source-entrypoint <name>
the given shader source function is renamed to be the <name> given in -e
--sep synonym for --source-entrypoint
--stdin
Read from stdin instead of from a file. You'll have to provide the shader
stageusing -S.
--suppress-warnings
suppress GLSL warnings (except as required by #extension : warn)
--target-env {vulkan1.0|opengl}
set the execution environment code will execute in (as opposed to language
semantics selected by --client) defaults: 'vulkan1.0' under --client vulkan<ver>
'opengl' under --client opengl<ver>
--variable-name <name>
Creates a C header file that contains a uint32_t array named <name> initialized
with the shader binary code.
--vn <name>
synonym for --variable-name <name>
ALSO SEE
https://github.com/KhronosGroup/glslang
https://www.khronos.org/opengles/sdk/tools/Reference-Compiler/