c_status_time was one cycle longer than it should be!
this led to the arria5 requiring g_dummy_time-1 in c_vstatus_data
==> after fixing: must increase g_input_to_output_cycles on arria5

there was also a wrong calculation for s_wip with single-lane mode
it was working also by luck because WEL and WIP are usually set
together and are side-by-side, thus masking the c_status_time bug.

For whatever reason, some flash chips don't have the correct number
of dummy cycles in their non-volatile flash by default. This patch
forces these devices to the generic-specified value.

The recent merge lost our Altera work-alike.

This commit cannot be rebased because the old commit is referenced
by external repositories.

Matthieu Cattin authored 12 years ago and Tomasz Wlostowski committed 11 years ago

Supports sdb_repo_url and sdb_synthesis records.

sdb-crossbar: add support for meta-information records.
A new generic (g_info) is available to add an array of meta-inforamtion
records to the sdb rom.

sdb-crossbar: add boolean generic to use meta-information records.
Can't find out how to initialise an array with a null-range.

wishbone_pkg: add default value to meta-information generic.

sdb-crossbar: fix conditional constant declaration

sdb-crossbar: use a function to initialise number of info entries constant.

sdb-crossbar: fix syntax error in function.

wishbone_pkg: add embed/extract function for repo-url and synthesis records.

wishbone_pkg: Change some meta-info fields to string and add string manip functions.

wishbone_pkg: Change syn_commit_id type to string.

wishbone_pkg: Fix syntax error.

wishbone_pkg: Fix index bug in string manip functions.

wishbone_pkg: Fix range bug in string manip function.

wishbone_pkg: add integration record support.

sdb-crossbar: Fix range issue with meta-info records.

Use the generics for memory insted of infererence.
Also, remove read-during-write bypass by tweaking index comparisons.

We cannot access variables outside the process, which we will need
to be able to do in the next patch.