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If you are using PIO mode in a singletasking environment then the IRQ6s just waste CPU cycles, and you should be using polling instead.
You can usually shut the IRQs off by setting bit 3 (value = 8) of the Digital OuptputOutput Register (see below). If you want, you can even
toggle that bit on and off for specific commands, so that you receive some types of interrupts but not others.