+static void send_data_async_complete_cb(struct libusb_transfer *transfer)
+{
+       am7xxx_device *dev = (am7xxx_device *)(transfer->user_data);
+       int *completed = &(dev->transfer_completed);
+       int transferred = transfer->actual_length;
+       int ret;
+
+       if (transferred != transfer->length) {
+               error(dev->ctx, "transferred: %d (expected %u)\n",
+                     transferred, transfer->length);
+       }
+
+       switch (transfer->status) {
+       case LIBUSB_TRANSFER_COMPLETED:
+               ret = 0;
+               break;
+       case LIBUSB_TRANSFER_TIMED_OUT:
+               ret = LIBUSB_ERROR_TIMEOUT;
+               break;
+       case LIBUSB_TRANSFER_STALL:
+               ret = LIBUSB_ERROR_PIPE;
+               break;
+       case LIBUSB_TRANSFER_OVERFLOW:
+               ret = LIBUSB_ERROR_OVERFLOW;
+               break;
+       case LIBUSB_TRANSFER_NO_DEVICE:
+               ret = LIBUSB_ERROR_NO_DEVICE;
+               break;
+       case LIBUSB_TRANSFER_ERROR:
+       case LIBUSB_TRANSFER_CANCELLED:
+               ret = LIBUSB_ERROR_IO;
+               break;
+       default:
+               error(dev->ctx, "unrecognised status code %d", transfer->status);
+               ret = LIBUSB_ERROR_OTHER;
+       }
+
+       if (ret < 0)
+               error(dev->ctx, "libusb transfer failed: %s",
+                     libusb_error_name(ret));
+
+       libusb_free_transfer(transfer);
+       transfer = NULL;
+
+       *completed = 1;
+}
+
+static inline void wait_for_trasfer_completed(am7xxx_device *dev)
+{
+       while (!dev->transfer_completed) {
+               int ret = libusb_handle_events_completed(dev->ctx->usb_context,
+                                                        &(dev->transfer_completed));
+               if (ret < 0) {
+                       if (ret == LIBUSB_ERROR_INTERRUPTED)
+                               continue;
+                       error(dev->ctx, "libusb_handle_events failed: %s, cancelling transfer and retrying",
+                             libusb_error_name(ret));
+                       libusb_cancel_transfer(dev->transfer);
+                       continue;
+               }
+       }
+}
+
+static int send_data_async(am7xxx_device *dev, uint8_t *buffer, unsigned int len)
+{
+       int ret;
+       uint8_t *transfer_buffer;
+
+       dev->transfer = libusb_alloc_transfer(0);
+       if (dev->transfer == NULL) {
+               error(dev->ctx, "cannot allocate transfer (%s)\n",
+                     strerror(errno));
+               return -ENOMEM;
+       }
+
+       /* Make a copy of the buffer so the caller can safely reuse it just
+        * after libusb_submit_transfer() has returned. This technique
+        * requires more allocations than a proper double-buffering approach
+        * but it takes a lot less code. */
+       transfer_buffer = malloc(len);
+       if (transfer_buffer == NULL) {
+               error(dev->ctx, "cannot allocate transfer buffer (%s)\n",
+                     strerror(errno));
+               ret = -ENOMEM;
+               goto err;
+       }
+       memcpy(transfer_buffer, buffer, len);
+
+       dev->transfer->flags |= LIBUSB_TRANSFER_FREE_BUFFER;
+       libusb_fill_bulk_transfer(dev->transfer, dev->usb_device, 0x1,
+                                 transfer_buffer, len,
+                                 send_data_async_complete_cb, dev, 0);
+
+       /* wait for the previous transfer to complete */
+       wait_for_trasfer_completed(dev);
+
+       trace_dump_buffer(dev->ctx, "sending -->", buffer, len);
+
+       dev->transfer_completed = 0;
+       ret = libusb_submit_transfer(dev->transfer);
+       if (ret < 0)
+               goto err;
+
+       return 0;
+
+err:
+       libusb_free_transfer(dev->transfer);
+       dev->transfer = NULL;
+       return ret;
+}
+