Update CFU example: use XTEA as "real world" demo application #855
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This PR is a rework of the Custom Functions Unit (CFU) that replaces the default example application by a "real world" application implementing the royalty-free Extended Tiny Encryption Algorithm (XTEA) as dedicated ISA extension implemented as CFU-based custom RISC-V instructions.
The according demo program computes the encryption and decryption of random data using a 1.) software-only reference and a 2.) hardware-accelerated version using 5 custom XTEA instructions: