global: Convert simple_strtoul() with hex to hextoul()

It is a pain to have to specify the value 16 in each call. Add a new
hextoul() function and update the code to use it.

Add a proper comment to simple_strtoul() while we are here.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/mv88e6352.c b/drivers/net/phy/mv88e6352.c
index 62a7f19..07a8e50 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/mv88e6352.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/mv88e6352.c
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@
 	phyaddr = simple_strtoul(argv[1], NULL, 10);
 	port = simple_strtoul(argv[2], NULL, 10);
 	reg = simple_strtoul(argv[3], NULL, 10);
-	value = simple_strtoul(argv[4], NULL, 16);
+	value = hextoul(argv[4], NULL);
 
 	ret = sw_reg_write(name, phyaddr, port, reg, value);