DPI-C

What is DPI-C？

DPI-C 是systemverilog为了与其他语言（c/c++）进行交互而设计的机制，通过DPI-C可以完成：

• SV call C function
• C call SV function

Example

testbench.sv :

module dpi_test;
  export "DPI-C" function sv_print;
  import "DPI-C" context function void c_print();
  
  initial begin
    $display("Before calling API\n");
    c_print();
    $display("After calling API\n");
  end
  
	function void sv_print();
    	$display("sv side : print\n");
  	endfunction
  
endmodule

c_print.cpp:

#include "svdpi.h"
#include "stdio.h"

extern "C" void sv_print();
extern "C" void c_print() {
  printf("C side : print\n");
  sv_print();
}

vcs cmd:

vcs -timescale=1ns/1ns +vcs+flush+all +warn=all -sverilog testbench.sv c_print.cpp

restriction

• DPI-C 不能import/export class methods