Filling a Vulkan image using only CPU-recorded commands

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Filling a Vulkan image using only CPU-recorded commands is a technical blog article.

April Fools launch post for gpuhelp.dev that experiments with filling a Vulkan image using only CPU-recorded commands by aliasing a linearly tiled image with a buffer and vkCmdFillBuffer. Explains why the trick is impractical versus staging or ReBAR, and links a Vulkan sample; written as a humorous Vulkan memory-layout experiment. Explore aliasing a Vulkan image and buffer so the CPU can fill pixels without shaders using vkCmdFillBuffer

It is aimed at intermediate graphics programmers.

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