The intentional separation between libstdchpfn.la and stdchpfn.la demonstrates how one can build a chpsim module on top of an existing C or C++ library without modifying it.
Q: When passing a module to chpsim with -l or dlopen, how does the system know what dependent libraries to load? A: The .la Libtool archives encode library dependencies for shared libraries, and (Libtool) libltdl's lt_dlopen automatically takes care of dependent libraries for the user.