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IOPause

Spin delay for a number of nanoseconds.

Declaration

void IOPause(unsigned int nanoseconds);

Parameters

  • microseconds:

    The integer number of nanoseconds to spin wait.

Discussion

This function spins to delay for at least the number of specified nanoseconds. Since the CPU is busy spinning no time is made available to other processes; this method of delay should be used only for short periods.

See Also

Sleep