running ide driver in the polling mode

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Subject: running ide driver in the polling mode
From: "Bizhan Gholikhamseh (bgholikh)" <bgholikh@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 12:03:17 -0700
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Hi All,

Is there anyway I can configure the generic linux ide driver to run in the polling mode rather than interrupt mode?

Thanks,

Biz

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