return 1;
 }
 
+int ngene_port_has_cxd2099(struct i2c_adapter *i2c, u8 *type)
+{
+       u8 val;
+       u8 probe[4] = { 0xe0, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, data[4];
+       struct i2c_msg msgs[2] = {{ .addr = 0x40,  .flags = 0,
+                                   .buf  = probe, .len   = 4 },
+                                 { .addr = 0x40,  .flags = I2C_M_RD,
+                                   .buf  = data,  .len   = 4 } };
+       val = i2c_transfer(i2c, msgs, 2);
+       if (val != 2)
+               return 0;
+
+       if (data[0] == 0x02 && data[1] == 0x2b && data[3] == 0x43)
+               *type = 2;
+       else
+               *type = 1;
+       return 1;
+}
+
 static int demod_attach_drxk(struct ngene_channel *chan,
                             struct i2c_adapter *i2c)
 {
 
                .addr = 0x40,
                .platform_data = &cxd_cfg,
        };
+       int ret;
+       u8 type;
+
+       /* check for CXD2099AR presence before attaching */
+       ret = ngene_port_has_cxd2099(&dev->channel[0].i2c_adapter, &type);
+       if (!ret) {
+               dev_dbg(pdev, "No CXD2099AR found\n");
+               return;
+       }
+
+       if (type != 1) {
+               dev_warn(pdev, "CXD2099AR is uninitialized!\n");
+               return;
+       }
 
        cxd_cfg.en = &ci->en;
 
 
 void set_transfer(struct ngene_channel *chan, int state);
 void FillTSBuffer(void *Buffer, int Length, u32 Flags);
 
+/* Provided by ngene-cards.c */
+int ngene_port_has_cxd2099(struct i2c_adapter *i2c, u8 *type);
+
 /* Provided by ngene-i2c.c */
 int ngene_i2c_init(struct ngene *dev, int dev_nr);