[ImportVerilog] Request to expose a SystemVerilog Top in FIRRTL
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Description
We are trying to link SystemVerilog against FIRRTL at CIRCT time.
I'm requesting a API to expose SystemVerilog as FIRRTL Blackbox, being able to inspect via C-API, which can be linked to other modules later in the FIRRTL.
This feature originally is done in [AutoBlackBox](https://github.com/chipsalliance/chisel/blob/6603b9860ce9eddd0520ad1978137b248fdef01a/src/main/scala/chisel3/util/experimental/AutoBlackBox.scala#L10) in Chisel, however to do it more elegantly, it's necessary to migrate this feature to CIRCT.
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Start by reading Chisel's src/main/scala/chisel3/util/experimental/AutoBlackBox.scala at the linked location, then trace how FIRRTL and CIRCT represent black boxes and how their C-API exposes modules. Clarify the intended API for exposing a SystemVerilog top and linking it with later FIRRTL modules; completion criteria are not specified in the issue.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100