问一个VHDL 函数的问题

zhibo05

文件ahb_func.vhd的内容如下：
library ieee;
use ieee.std_logic_1164.all;
use ieee.std_logic_arith.all;

package ahb_funct is

function nb_bits (A : INTEGER) return NATURAL;

end ahb_funct;

package body ahb_funct is

   function nb_bits (A : INTEGER) return NATURAL is
    variable logres : NATURAL ;
    begin
     logres := 1;
     for i in 0 to 30 loop
      if 2**i <= A then
        logres := i+1;
      end if;
     end loop;
     return logres;
   end nb_bits;
end ahb_funct;


文件tb.vhd的内容如下：
library ieee;
use ieee.std_logic_1164.all;
use ieee.std_logic_arith.all;

use work.ahb_funct.all;

library novas;
use novas.pkg.all;

entity tb is
generic (
  fifo_length: in integer:= 4);
end

architecture rtl of tb is

signal count: std_logic_vector(nb_bits(fifo_length)-1 downto 0);

begin

dump_pr: process
begin
  fsdbDumpfile("tb.fsdb");
  fsdbDumpvars(0, "tb");
  wait;
end process;

end rtl;

仿真后用Debussy查看count信号，为什么是count[-1:0]？正确的应该是count[2:0]。
函数nb_bits哪里有错误么？
望高手指正！