Better Error Messages For Binary Incompatible Linking

[jackkoenig]

Type of issue: Feature Request

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Questions like this come up fairly regularly on Stack Overflow or Gitter where there is a binary incompatibility issue. It would be nice if Chisel could inform you when you're using things that are not compatible.

Describe the solution you'd like

@ekiwi had a nice suggestion that the compiler plugin could inject a version number into compiled classes (I'm thinking Bundles and Modules) which would give the Chisel runtime some information such that it could report such issues. From the major version we add this feature, it could report anything without the version as "old and therefore binary incompatible". For things going forward from that major version, it could give a more precise error telling what version the class was compiled with vs. the current runtime version.

Describe alternatives you've considered

None considered

Additional context

Linked above: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/72908415/calling-dsptools-produces-a-chisel-runtime-error/72941635#72941635

What is the use case for implementing this feature?

Better user experience when things go wrong.