Reland "Check FP16 support on vulkan backend"

This reverts commit 0357eed7de15e901d14f6149e91bfe03d86958de
and reland commit bdc05c3d5fef780382c3fd5e5ebcb14bd929819a.

The Vulkan-Loader has a bug where if the instance is created
with Vulkan 1.1 and not the promoted extensions, it will skip
emulation and if the ICD doesn't support Vulkan 1.1 nor the
extensions. Enable the promoted extensions, even when creating
a Vulkan 1.1 instance.

Original change's description:
> Check FP16 support on vulkan backend
>
> This patch check FP16 support on vulkan backend, and introduces
> the shader_float16 extension.
>
> BUG=dawn:426
> TEST=dawn_end2end_tests
>
> Change-Id: Ie09568a416ce9eb2c11afeede3e7da520550d5fb
> Reviewed-on: https://dawn-review.googlesource.com/c/dawn/+/21901
> Commit-Queue: Xinghua Cao <xinghua.cao@intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Corentin Wallez <cwallez@chromium.org>
> Reviewed-by: Jiawei Shao <jiawei.shao@intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Kai Ninomiya <kainino@chromium.org>
> Reviewed-by: Austin Eng <enga@chromium.org>

Bug: chromium:1087896, dawn:426
Change-Id: I2c4465fb2fe957966b44d3e5840112219481c639
Reviewed-on: https://dawn-review.googlesource.com/c/dawn/+/22781
Commit-Queue: Corentin Wallez <cwallez@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Corentin Wallez <cwallez@chromium.org>
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README.md

Dawn, a WebGPU implementation

Dawn is an open-source and cross-platform implementation of the work-in-progress WebGPU standard. More precisely it implements webgpu.h that is a one-to-one mapping with the WebGPU IDL. Dawn is meant to be integrated as part of a larger system and is the underlying implementation of WebGPU in Chromium.

Dawn provides several WebGPU building blocks:

  • WebGPU C/C++ headers that applications and other building blocks use.
    • The webgpu.h version that Dawn implements.
    • A C++ wrapper for the webgpu.h.
  • A “native” implementation of WebGPU using platforms' GPU APIs:
    • D3D12 on Windows 10
    • Metal on macOS and iOS
    • Vulkan on Windows, Linux, ChromeOS, Android and Fuchsia
    • OpenGL as best effort where available
  • A client-server implementation of WebGPU for applications that are in a sandbox without access to native drivers

Helpful links:

Documentation table of content

Developer documentation:

User documentation: (TODO, figure out what overlaps with webgpu.h docs)

Status

(TODO)

License

Apache 2.0 Public License, please see LICENSE.

Disclaimer

This is not an officially supported Google product.