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+/** @file
+  CpuPause function.
+
+  Copyright (c) 2006 - 2008, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.<BR>
+  This program and the accompanying materials
+  are licensed and made available under the terms and conditions of the BSD License
+  which accompanies this distribution.  The full text of the license may be found at
+  http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php.
+
+  THE PROGRAM IS DISTRIBUTED UNDER THE BSD LICENSE ON AN "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.
+
+**/
+
+
+
+
+/**
+  Requests CPU to pause for a short period of time.
+
+  Requests CPU to pause for a short period of time. Typically used in MP
+  systems to prevent memory starvation while waiting for a spin lock.
+
+**/
+VOID
+EFIAPI
+CpuPause (
+  VOID
+  )
+{
+  _asm {
+    pause
+  }
+}
+