+ * hex_strtoul - convert a string in hex to an unsigned long
+ *
+ * @param cp The string to be converted
+ * @param endp Updated to point to the first character not converted
+ * Return: value decoded from string (0 if invalid)
+ *
+ * Converts a hex string to an unsigned long. If there are invalid characters at
+ * the end these are ignored. In the worst case, if all characters are invalid,
+ * 0 is returned
+ */
+unsigned long hextoul(const char *cp, char **endp);
+
+/**
+ * dec_strtoul - convert a string in decimal to an unsigned long
+ *
+ * @param cp The string to be converted
+ * @param endp Updated to point to the first character not converted
+ * Return: value decoded from string (0 if invalid)
+ *
+ * Converts a decimal string to an unsigned long. If there are invalid
+ * characters at the end these are ignored. In the worst case, if all characters
+ * are invalid, 0 is returned
+ */
+unsigned long dectoul(const char *cp, char **endp);
+
+/**