+ return NULL;
+ }
+ memset(new_device, 0, sizeof(*new_device));
+
+ if (*devices_list == NULL) {
+ *devices_list = new_device;
+ } else {
+ am7xxx_device *prev = *devices_list;
+ while (prev->next)
+ prev = prev->next;
+ prev->next = new_device;
+ }
+ return new_device;
+}
+
+static am7xxx_device *find_device(am7xxx_device *devices_list,
+ unsigned int device_index)
+{
+ unsigned int i = 0;
+ am7xxx_device *current = devices_list;
+
+ while (current && i++ < device_index)
+ current = current->next;
+
+ return current;
+}
+
+typedef enum {
+ SCAN_OP_BUILD_DEVLIST,
+ SCAN_OP_OPEN_DEVICE,
+} scan_op;
+
+/**
+ * This is where the central logic of multi-device support is.
+ *
+ * When 'op' == SCAN_OP_BUILD_DEVLIST the parameters 'open_device_index' and
+ * 'dev' are ignored; the function returns 0 on success and a negative value
+ * on error.
+ *
+ * When 'op' == SCAN_OP_OPEN_DEVICE the function opens the supported USB
+ * device with index 'open_device_index' and returns the correspondent
+ * am7xxx_device in the 'dev' parameter; the function returns 0 on success,
+ * 1 if the device was already open and a negative value on error.
+ *
+ * NOTES:
+ * if scan_devices() fails when called with 'op' == SCAN_OP_BUILD_DEVLIST,
+ * the caller might want to call am7xxx_shutdown() in order to remove
+ * devices possibly added before the failure.
+ */
+static int scan_devices(am7xxx_context *ctx, scan_op op,
+ unsigned int open_device_index, am7xxx_device **dev)
+{
+ int num_devices;
+ libusb_device** list;
+ unsigned int current_index;
+ int i;
+ int ret;
+
+ if (ctx == NULL) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "%s: context must not be NULL!\n", __func__);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ if (op == SCAN_OP_BUILD_DEVLIST && ctx->devices_list != NULL) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "%s: device scan done already? Abort!\n", __func__);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ num_devices = libusb_get_device_list(ctx->usb_context, &list);
+ if (num_devices < 0) {
+ ret = -ENODEV;