glslc - Compile shaders into SPIR-V
Usage: glslc [options] file...
An input file of - represents standard input.
Options:
-c Only run preprocess, compile, and assemble steps.
-Dmacro[=defn] Add an implicit macro definition.
-E Outputs only the results of the preprocessing step.
Output defaults to standard output.
-fauto-bind-uniforms
Automatically assign bindings to uniform variables that
don't have an explicit 'binding' layout in the shader
source.
-fauto-map-locations
Automatically assign locations to uniform variables that
don't have an explicit 'location' layout in the shader
source.
-fauto-combined-image-sampler
Removes sampler variables and converts existing textures
to combined image-samplers.
-fentry-point=<name>
Specify the entry point name for HLSL compilation, for
all subsequent source files. Default is "main".
-fhlsl-16bit-types
Enable 16-bit type support for HLSL.
-fhlsl_functionality1, -fhlsl-functionality1
Enable extension SPV_GOOGLE_hlsl_functionality1 for HLSL
compilation.
-fhlsl-iomap Use HLSL IO mappings for bindings.
-fhlsl-offsets Use HLSL offset rules for packing members of blocks.
Affects only GLSL. HLSL rules are always used for HLSL.
-finvert-y Invert position.Y output in vertex shader.
-flimit=<settings>
Specify resource limits. Each limit is specified by a limit
name followed by an integer value. Tokens should be
separated by whitespace. If the same limit is specified
several times, only the last setting takes effect.
-flimit-file <file>
Set limits as specified in the given file.
-fnan-clamp Generate code for max and min builtins so that, when given
a NaN operand, the other operand is returned. Similarly,
the clamp builtin will favour the non-NaN operands, as if
clamp were implemented as a composition of max and min.
-fpreserve-bindings
Preserve all binding declarations, even if those bindings
are not used.
-fresource-set-binding [stage] <reg0> <set0> <binding0>
[<reg1> <set1> <binding1>...]
Explicitly sets the descriptor set and binding for
HLSL resources, by register name. Optionally restrict
it to a single stage.
-fcbuffer-binding-base [stage] <value>
Same as -fubo-binding-base.
-fimage-binding-base [stage] <value>
Sets the lowest automatically assigned binding number for
images. Optionally only set it for a single shader stage.
For HLSL, the resource register number is added to this
base.
-fsampler-binding-base [stage] <value>
Sets the lowest automatically assigned binding number for
samplers Optionally only set it for a single shader stage.
For HLSL, the resource register number is added to this
base.
-fssbo-binding-base [stage] <value>
Sets the lowest automatically assigned binding number for
shader storage buffer objects (SSBO). Optionally only set
it for a single shader stage. Only affects GLSL.
-ftexture-binding-base [stage] <value>
Sets the lowest automatically assigned binding number for
textures. Optionally only set it for a single shader stage.
For HLSL, the resource register number is added to this
base.
-fuav-binding-base [stage] <value>
For automatically assigned bindings for unordered access
views (UAV), the register number is added to this base to
determine the binding number. Optionally only set it for
a single shader stage. Only affects HLSL.
-fubo-binding-base [stage] <value>
Sets the lowest automatically assigned binding number for
uniform buffer objects (UBO). Optionally only set it for
a single shader stage.
For HLSL, the resource register number is added to this
base.
-fshader-stage=<stage>
Treat subsequent input files as having stage <stage>.
Valid stages are vertex, vert, fragment, frag, tesscontrol,
tesc, tesseval, tese, geometry, geom, compute, comp, raygen,
rgen, anyhit, rahit, closest, rchit, miss, rmiss, intersect,
rint, callable, rcall, task, and mesh.
-g Generate source-level debug information.
-h Display available options.
--help Display available options.
-I <value> Add directory to include search path.
-mfmt=<format> Output SPIR-V binary code using the selected format. This
option may be specified only when the compilation output is
in SPIR-V binary code form. Available options are:
bin - SPIR-V binary words. This is the default.
c - Binary words as C initializer list of 32-bit ints
num - List of comma-separated 32-bit hex integers
-M Generate make dependencies. Implies -E and -w.
-MM An alias for -M.
-MD Generate make dependencies and compile.
-MF <file> Write dependency output to the given file.
-MT <target> Specify the target of the rule emitted by dependency
generation.
-O Optimize the generated SPIR-V code for better performance.
-Os Optimize the generated SPIR-V code for smaller size.
-O0 Disable optimization.
-o <file> Write output to <file>.
A file name of '-' represents standard output.
-std=<value> Version and profile for GLSL input files. Possible values
are concatenations of version and profile, e.g. 310es,
450core, etc. Ignored for HLSL files.
-S Emit SPIR-V assembly instead of binary.
--show-limits Display available limit names and their default values.
--target-env=<environment>
Set the target client environment, and the semantics
of warnings and errors. An optional suffix can specify
the client version. Values are:
vulkan1.0 # The default
vulkan1.1
vulkan1.2
vulkan1.3
vulkan1.4
vulkan # Same as vulkan1.0
opengl4.5
opengl # Same as opengl4.5
--target-spv=<spirv-version>
Set the SPIR-V version to be used for the generated SPIR-V
module. The default is the highest version of SPIR-V
required to be supported for the target environment.
For example, default for vulkan1.0 is spv1.0, and
the default for vulkan1.1 is spv1.3,
the default for vulkan1.2 is spv1.5,
the default for vulkan1.3 is spv1.6,
the default for vulkan1.4 is spv1.6.
Values are:
spv1.0, spv1.1, spv1.2, spv1.3, spv1.4, spv1.5, spv1.6
--version Display compiler version information.
-w Suppresses all warning messages.
-Werror Treat all warnings as errors.
-x <language> Treat subsequent input files as having type <language>.
Valid languages are: glsl, hlsl.
For files ending in .hlsl the default is hlsl.
Otherwise the default is glsl.
Options (40)
| Option | Description | Source |
|---|
-c | Only run preprocess, compile, and assemble steps. | help |
-Dmacro defn | Add an implicit macro definition. | help |
-E | Outputs only the results of the preprocessing step. | help |
-fauto-bind-uniforms | Automatically assign bindings to uniform variables that don't have an explicit 'binding' layout in the shader source. | help |
-fauto-map-locations | Automatically assign locations to uniform variables that don't have an explicit 'location' layout in the shader source. | help |
-fauto-combined-image-sampler | Removes sampler variables and converts existing textures to combined image-samplers. | help |
-fentry-point name | Specify the entry point name for HLSL compilation, for all subsequent source files. | help |
-fhlsl-16bit-types | Enable 16-bit type support for HLSL. | help |
-fhlsl_functionality1, -fhlsl-functionality1 | Enable extension SPV_GOOGLE_hlsl_functionality1 for HLSL compilation. | help |
-fhlsl-iomap | Use HLSL IO mappings for bindings. | help |
-fhlsl-offsets | Use HLSL offset rules for packing members of blocks. | help |
-finvert-y | Invert position.Y output in vertex shader. | help |
-flimit settings | Specify resource limits. | help |
-flimit-file file | Set limits as specified in the given file. | help |
-fnan-clamp | Generate code for max and min builtins so that, when given a NaN operand, the other operand is returned. | help |
-fpreserve-bindings | Preserve all binding declarations, even if those bindings are not used. | help |
-fshader-stage stage | Treat subsequent input files as having stage <stage>. | help |
-g | Generate source-level debug information. | help |
-h | Display available options. | help |
--help | Display available options. | help |
-I value | Add directory to include search path. | help |
-mfmt format | Output SPIR-V binary code using the selected format. | help |
-M | Generate make dependencies. | help |
-MM | An alias for -M. | help |
-MD | Generate make dependencies and compile. | help |
-MF file | Write dependency output to the given file. | help |
-MT target | Specify the target of the rule emitted by dependency generation. | help |
-O | Optimize the generated SPIR-V code for better performance. | help |
-Os | Optimize the generated SPIR-V code for smaller size. | help |
-O0 | Disable optimization. | help |
-o file | Write output to <file>. | help |
-std value | Version and profile for GLSL input files. | help |
-S | Emit SPIR-V assembly instead of binary. | help |
--show-limits | Display available limit names and their default values. | help |
--target-env environment | Set the target client environment, and the semantics of warnings and errors. | help |
--target-spv spirv-version | Set the SPIR-V version to be used for the generated SPIR-V module. | help |
--version | Display compiler version information. | help |
-w | Suppresses all warning messages. | help |
-Werror | Treat all warnings as errors. | help |
-x language | Treat subsequent input files as having type <language>. | help |
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