// refBegin VkValidationFlagsEXT Specify validation checks to disable for a Vulkan instance

When creating a Vulkan instance for which you wish to disable validation
checks, add a slink:VkValidationFlagsEXT structure to the pname:pNext chain
of the slink:VkInstanceCreateInfo structure, specifying the checks to be
disabled.

include::../api/structs/VkValidationFlagsEXT.txt[]

  * pname:sType is the type of this structure.
  * pname:pNext is `NULL` or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.
  * pname:disabledValidationCheckCount is the number of checks to disable.
  * pname:pDisabledValidationChecks is a pointer to an array of values
    specifying the validation checks to be disabled.
    Checks which may: be specified include:
+
--
// refBegin VkValidationCheckEXT Specify validation checks to disable
include::../api/enums/VkValidationCheckEXT.txt[]

  ** ename:VK_VALIDATION_CHECK_ALL_EXT disables all validation checks.
  ** ename:VK_VALIDATION_CHECK_SHADERS_EXT disables all shader validation.
--

include::../validity/structs/VkValidationFlagsEXT.txt[]
