Flexible resource assignment to physical and virtual functions in a virtualized processing system

A semiconductor device, comprising:

• a plurality of hardware resources operable for processing data and corresponding to one or more functional blocks;
• a resource virtualization unit coupled to the plurality of hardware resources and operable for assigning a plurality of virtual functions to a plurality of physical functions comprising one or more physical functions and for assigning the plurality of hardware resources to a first physical function of the plurality of physical functions and a first virtual function of the plurality of virtual functions, wherein each of the virtual functions of the plurality of virtual functions comprises a range of local functions and each of the local functions of the range of local functions is assigned a set of the plurality of hardware resources;
• and
• a plurality of processors coupled to the resource virtualization unit and operable for processing the data by the first physical function and the first virtual function utilizing the plurality of hardware resources,
• wherein the range of local functions comprises a first local function in a source socket, wherein the first local function is associated with a first functional block of the one or more functional blocks,
• wherein the first local function communicates with a second local function in a destination socket using a combination uniquely identifying one of a physical function and a virtual function corresponding to the second local function, and
• wherein the second local function is assigned from the first functional block.

A processing system, comprising:

• a plurality of hardware resources operable for processing data and corresponding to one or more functional blocks;
• a resource virtualization unit coupled to the plurality of hardware resources that defines a plurality of virtual functions and a plurality of physical functions comprising one or more physical functions, wherein a set of the plurality of virtual functions is programmed to correspond to a first physical function of the plurality of physical functions and at least one hardware resource of the plurality of hardware resources is assigned to one or more of:
• the first physical function and a first virtual function of the set of the plurality of virtual functions, and wherein each of the virtual functions of the plurality of virtual functions comprises a range of local functions and each of the local functions of the range of local functions is assigned a set of the plurality of hardware resources;
• and
• a plurality of processors coupled to the resource virtualization unit and operable for processing the data by one of the first physical function and the first virtual function utilizing the at least one hardware resource,
• wherein the range of local functions comprises a first local function in a source socket, wherein the first local function is associated with a first functional block of the one or more functional blocks,
• wherein the first local function communicates with a second local function in a destination socket using a combination uniquely identifying one of a physical function and a virtual function corresponding to the second local function, and
• wherein the second local function is assigned from the first functional block.

A processing system, comprising:

• a plurality of semiconductor devices, each semiconductor device of the plurality of semiconductor devices comprising:
• a plurality of hardware resources operable for processing data and corresponding to one or more functional blocks;
• a resource virtualization unit coupled to the plurality of hardware resources and operable for assigning a plurality of virtual functions to a plurality of physical functions comprising one or more physical functions and for assigning the plurality of hardware resources to a first physical function of the plurality of physical functions and a first virtual function of the plurality of virtual functions,
• wherein each of the virtual functions of the plurality of virtual functions comprises a range of local functions and each of the local functions of the range of local functions is assigned a set of the plurality of hardware resources,
• wherein the range of local functions comprises a first local function in a source socket,
• wherein the first local function is associated with a first functional block of the one or more functional blocks,
• wherein the first local function communicates with a second local function in a destination socket using a combination uniquely identifying one of a physical function and a virtual function corresponding to the second local function, and
• wherein the second local function is assigned from the first functional block;
• and
• a plurality of processors coupled to the resource virtualization unit and operable for processing the data by the first physical function and the first virtual function utilizing the plurality of hardware resources,
• wherein:
• a first hardware resource in a first semiconductor device of the plurality of semiconductor devices forwards operation requests initiated by one of hardware and software to a second hardware resource in a second semiconductor device of the plurality of semiconductor devices;
• and
• the second hardware resource executes operations for the operation requests received from the first hardware resource.