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From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: Organized summary of the pacthes
Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2005 23:44:44 -0400
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On Sat, Jul 09, 2005 at 07:54:06PM -0500, Doug Maxey wrote:
> >> However, I am pondering scrapping all the polling code, since on SATA,
> >> interrupt-driven mode is much more desirable.
> >
> >You need both interrupt and polled command issue. ACPI needs to be able
> >to issue taskfiles to the IDE drive fairly early during resume. Right
> >now this isn't done at all. If polled is there it might also prove a
> >useful way to reissue a command when you think the IRQ routing is hosed
> >8)
> 
> This would be an enhancement, rather than something required currently,
> correct?

Switching over to interrupt-driven for SATA is basically a requirement.

Since the polling code is what exists now, it MAY be easier to leave it
in, which puts "leave in polling code" in the enhancement category.

	Jeff