#include "pvrusb2-hdw-internal.h"
 #include "pvrusb2-debug.h"
 #include "pvrusb2-fx2-cmd.h"
+#include "pvrusb2.h"
 
 #define trace_i2c(...) pvr2_trace(PVR2_TRACE_I2C,__VA_ARGS__)
 
 module_param(i2c_scan, int, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(i2c_scan,"scan i2c bus at insmod time");
 
+static int ir_mode[PVR_NUM] = { [0 ... PVR_NUM-1] = 1 };
+module_param_array(ir_mode, int, NULL, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(ir_mode,"specify: 0=disable IR reception, 1=normal IR");
+
 static unsigned int pvr2_i2c_client_describe(struct pvr2_i2c_client *cp,
                                             unsigned int detail,
                                             char *buf,unsigned int maxlen);
        return pvr2_i2c_basic_op(hdw,i2c_addr,wdata,wlen,rdata,rlen);
 }
 
+/* This is an entry point designed to always fail any attempt to perform a
+   transfer.  We use this to cause certain I2C addresses to not be
+   probed. */
+static int i2c_black_hole(struct pvr2_hdw *hdw,
+                          u8 i2c_addr,u8 *wdata,u16 wlen,u8 *rdata,u16 rlen)
+{
+       return -EIO;
+}
+
 /* This is a special entry point that is entered if an I2C operation is
    attempted to a cx25840 chip on model 24xxx hardware.  This chip can
    sometimes wedge itself.  Worse still, when this happens msp3400 can
        }
 
        /* However, deal with various special cases for 24xxx hardware. */
+       if (ir_mode[hdw->unit_number] == 0) {
+               printk(KERN_INFO "%s: IR disabled\n",hdw->name);
+               hdw->i2c_func[0x18] = i2c_black_hole;
+       } else if (ir_mode[hdw->unit_number] == 1) {
+               if (hdw->hdw_type == PVR2_HDW_TYPE_24XXX) {
+                       hdw->i2c_func[0x18] = i2c_24xxx_ir;
+               }
+       }
        if (hdw->hdw_type == PVR2_HDW_TYPE_24XXX) {
                hdw->i2c_func[0x1b] = i2c_hack_wm8775;
                hdw->i2c_func[0x44] = i2c_hack_cx25840;
-               hdw->i2c_func[0x18] = i2c_24xxx_ir;
        }
 
        // Configure the adapter and set up everything else related to it.