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Introducing the Vulkan Drivers Tab

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Introducing the Vulkan Drivers Tab is a LunarG blog post on a new Drivers section in the Vulkan Configurator (vkconfig) shipped with Vulkan SDK 1.4.328.0.

It covers adding third-party or software ICDs such as Lavapipe via JSON manifests, forcing a physical device, and reordering loader enumeration for vkEnumeratePhysicalDevices. Benefits called out include multi-GPU testing, software-only validation, shared profiles, and pairing with vulkaninfo or GFXReconstruct.

Vulkan application and engine developers who manage driver stacks on Windows, Linux, or macOS are the intended readers. Prior ICD and vkconfig familiarity helps.

The article is free on LunarG's site and walks install, open Drivers, add, reorder, and force-selection steps with screenshots.

It is useful for repeatable device selection in debugging and CI, and for fewer silent loader misconfigurations across machines.