[HW] Move modules to being "HWModuleLike" instead of "FunctionLike"
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Description
FIRRTL's module abstraction moved off being a mlir::FunctionLike object and that led to massive simplifications and improvements, we should update HW similarly.
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Start by comparing FIRRTL's module abstraction with the current HW module implementation and locating the uses of mlir::FunctionLike. The work is done when HW modules use HWModuleLike instead and the existing module behavior remains supported.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100