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

2008-04-28  Hiroki Kaminaga  <kaminaga@sm.sony.co.jp>

	[BZ 6740]

	nptl/sysdeps/powerpc/tcb-offsets.sym (PRIVATE_FUTEX_OFFSET):

	Guard sym definition with #ifndef __ASSUME_PRIVATE_FUTEX.

--- a/nptl/sysdeps/powerpc/tcb-offsets.sym

+++ b/nptl/sysdeps/powerpc/tcb-offsets.sym

@@ -15,4 +15,6 @@

 PID				thread_offsetof (pid)

 TID				thread_offsetof (tid)

 POINTER_GUARD			(offsetof (tcbhead_t, pointer_guard) - TLS_TCB_OFFSET - sizeof (tcbhead_t))

+#ifndef __ASSUME_PRIVATE_FUTEX

 PRIVATE_FUTEX_OFFSET		thread_offsetof (header.private_futex)

+#endif