add k8055_alloc and k8055_free

2 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libk8055/k8055.h b/libk8055/k8055.h
index 69defbd..c28d4ec 100644
--- a/libk8055/k8055.h
+++ b/libk8055/k8055.h
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ extern "C" {
         unsigned char data_in[PACKET_LEN+1];
         unsigned char data_out[PACKET_LEN+1];
     };
+    struct k8055_dev* k8055_alloc( void );
+    void k8055_free( struct k8055_dev* dev );
+
     int k8055_read( struct k8055_dev* dev );
     int k8055_write( struct k8055_dev* dev );
 
diff --git a/libk8055/libk8055.c b/libk8055/libk8055.c
index 00aab65..85ee4a3 100644
--- a/libk8055/libk8055.c
+++ b/libk8055/libk8055.c
@@ -79,8 +79,9 @@
 
 **/
 
-#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <math.h>
 #include <libusb.h>
@@ -110,6 +111,16 @@
 /* set debug to 0 to not print excess info */
 static int debug = 0;
 
+struct k8055_dev* k8055_alloc( void ) {
+    struct k8055_dev *dev = (struct k8055_dev*) malloc( sizeof(struct k8055_dev) );
+    dev->dev_no=0;
+    return dev;
+}
+
+void k8055_free( struct k8055_dev* dev ) {
+    free(dev);
+}
+
 /* Actual read of data from the device endpoint, retry READ_RETRY times if not responding ok */
 int k8055_read( struct k8055_dev* dev ) {
     if( dev->dev_no==0 ) return K8055_ERROR;