.client_modules.cnt = ARRAY_SIZE(pvr2_client_29xxx),
                .fx2_firmware.lst = pvr2_fw1_names_29xxx,
                .fx2_firmware.cnt = ARRAY_SIZE(pvr2_fw1_names_29xxx),
+               .flag_has_hauppauge_rom = !0,
        },
        [PVR2_HDW_TYPE_24XXX] = {
                .description = "WinTV PVR USB2 Model Category 24xxxx",
                .fx2_firmware.cnt = ARRAY_SIZE(pvr2_fw1_names_24xxx),
                .flag_has_cx25840 = !0,
                .flag_has_wm8775 = !0,
+               .flag_has_hauppauge_rom = !0,
        },
 };
 
 
           was initialized from internal ROM. */
        struct pvr2_string_table fx2_firmware;
 
+       /* V4L tuner type ID to use with this device (only used if the
+          driver could not discover the type any other way). */
+       int default_tuner_type;
+
        /* If set, we don't bother trying to load cx23416 firmware. */
        char flag_skip_cx23416_firmware;
 
+       /* Device has a hauppauge eeprom which we can interrogate. */
+       char flag_has_hauppauge_rom;
+
        /* Device does not require a powerup command to be issued. */
        char flag_no_powerup;
 
 
        }
        if (tp < 0) return -EINVAL;
        hdw->tuner_type = tp;
+       hdw->tuner_updated = !0;
        return 0;
 }
 
        // thread-safe against the normal pvr2_send_request() mechanism.
        // (We should make it thread safe).
 
-       ret = pvr2_hdw_get_eeprom_addr(hdw);
-       if (!pvr2_hdw_dev_ok(hdw)) return;
-       if (ret < 0) {
-               pvr2_trace(PVR2_TRACE_ERROR_LEGS,
-                          "Unable to determine location of eeprom, skipping");
-       } else {
-               hdw->eeprom_addr = ret;
-               pvr2_eeprom_analyze(hdw);
+       if (hdw->hdw_desc->flag_has_hauppauge_rom) {
+               ret = pvr2_hdw_get_eeprom_addr(hdw);
                if (!pvr2_hdw_dev_ok(hdw)) return;
+               if (ret < 0) {
+                       pvr2_trace(PVR2_TRACE_ERROR_LEGS,
+                                  "Unable to determine location of eeprom,"
+                                  " skipping");
+               } else {
+                       hdw->eeprom_addr = ret;
+                       pvr2_eeprom_analyze(hdw);
+                       if (!pvr2_hdw_dev_ok(hdw)) return;
+               }
+       } else {
+               hdw->tuner_type = hdw->hdw_desc->default_tuner_type;
+               hdw->tuner_updated = !0;
+               hdw->std_mask_eeprom = V4L2_STD_ALL;
        }
 
        pvr2_hdw_setup_std(hdw);
                pvr2_trace(PVR2_TRACE_INIT,
                           "pvr2_hdw_setup: Tuner type overridden to %d",
                           hdw->tuner_type);
-               hdw->tuner_updated = !0;
        }
 
        pvr2_i2c_core_check_stale(hdw);