tree c5b7b23186e6a47f56f00b139bf61a8faa477692
parent 73b4a24f5ff09389ba6277c53a266b142f655ed2
author Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com> 1224189634 -0700
committer Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 1224194287 -0700

lib: pull base-guessing logic to helper function

The default base is 10 unless there is a leading zero, in which
case the base will be guessed as 8.

The base will only be guesed as 16 when the string starts with '0x'
the third character is a valid hex digit.

Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>