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 glibc-2.10.1.orig/sysdeps/sh/sh4/fpu/fpu_control.h glibc-2.10.1/sysdeps/sh/sh4/fpu/fpu_control.h

 --- glibc-2.10.1.orig/sysdeps/sh/sh4/fpu/fpu_control.h	2001-07-06 06:56:04.000000000 +0200

 +++ glibc-2.10.1/sysdeps/sh/sh4/fpu/fpu_control.h	2009-11-13 00:51:26.000000000 +0100

 @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@

  #define _FPU_GETCW(cw) __asm__ ("sts fpscr,%0" : "=r" (cw))

  #if defined __GNUC__

 +extern void __set_fpscr(unsigned long);

  #define _FPU_SETCW(cw) __set_fpscr ((cw))

  #else

  #define _FPU_SETCW(cw) __asm__ ("lds %0,fpscr" : : "r" (cw))