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+// Copyright 2020 yuzu Emulator Project
+// Licensed under GPLv2 or any later version
+// Refer to the license.txt file included.
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "common/common_types.h"
+#include "common/dynamic_library.h"
+#include "core/frontend/emu_window.h"
+#include "video_core/vulkan_common/vulkan_wrapper.h"
+
+namespace Vulkan {
+
+/**
+ * Create a Vulkan instance
+ *
+ * @param library            Dynamic library to load the Vulkan instance from
+ * @param dld                Dispatch table to load function pointers into
+ * @param required_version   Required Vulkan version (for example, VK_API_VERSION_1_1)
+ * @param window_type        Window system type's enabled extension
+ * @param enable_debug_utils Whether to enable VK_EXT_debug_utils_extension_name or not
+ * @param enable_layers      Whether to enable Vulkan validation layers or not
+ *
+ * @return A new Vulkan instance
+ * @throw vk::Exception on failure
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] vk::Instance CreateInstance(
+    const Common::DynamicLibrary& library, vk::InstanceDispatch& dld, u32 required_version,
+    Core::Frontend::WindowSystemType window_type = Core::Frontend::WindowSystemType::Headless,
+    bool enable_debug_utils = false, bool enable_layers = false);
+
+} // namespace Vulkan