scripts/functions: add a generic custom location infrastructure

Add a generic custom location infrastructure (inspired by the one in
kernel/linux) to allow the user to use custom tarballs or directories
for any component.

Signed-off-by: "David Holsgrove" <david.holsgrove@xilinx.com>
[yann.morin.1998@free.fr: move config option, improve help text, fix API doc]
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Message-Id: <131c163c69f9cc81d2be.1349931191@localhost.localdomain>
PatchWork-Id: 190784
Message-Id: <0bbaba9190a76ba97f72.1349931192@localhost.localdomain>
PatchWork-Id: 190785

diff -durN binutils-2.20.1.orig/ld/ldmain.c binutils-2.20.1/ld/ldmain.c

--- binutils-2.20.1.orig/ld/ldmain.c	2010-08-17 19:32:13.000000000 +0200

+++ binutils-2.20.1/ld/ldmain.c	2010-08-17 19:32:15.000000000 +0200

@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@

   link_info.allow_undefined_version = TRUE;

   link_info.keep_memory = TRUE;

+  link_info.new_dtags = TRUE;

   link_info.combreloc = TRUE;

   link_info.strip_discarded = TRUE;

   link_info.emit_hash = TRUE;