+/* extract possible {attr} and move str behind it */
+static char *get_format_attribute(char **str)
+{
+ char *pos;
+ char *attr = NULL;
+
+ if (*str[0] == '{') {
+ pos = strchr(*str, '}');
+ if (pos == NULL) {
+ dbg("missing closing brace for format");
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ pos[0] = '\0';
+ attr = *str+1;
+ *str = pos+1;
+ dbg("attribute='%s', str='%s'", attr, *str);
+ }
+ return attr;
+}
+
+/* extract possible format length and move str behind it*/
+static int get_format_len(char **str)
+{
+ int num;
+ char *tail;
+
+ if (isdigit(*str[0])) {
+ num = (int) strtoul(*str, &tail, 10);
+ if (tail != NULL) {
+ *str = tail;
+ dbg("format length=%i", num);
+ return num;
+ } else {
+ dbg("format parsing error '%s'", *str);
+ }
+ }
+ return -1;
+}
+
+static void apply_format(struct udevice *udev, unsigned char *string, struct sysfs_class_device *class_dev, struct sysfs_device *sysfs_device)