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WFI

Wait for interrupt

This instruction is a hint instruction that indicates that the PE can enter a low-power state and remain there until a wakeup event occurs. For more information, see Wait For Interrupt.

As described in Wait For Interrupt, the execution of a WFI instruction that would otherwise cause entry to a low-power state can be trapped to a higher Exception level.

313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
11010101000000110010000001111111
CRmop2

Encoding

WFI

Decode

// Empty.

Operation

Hint_WFI();


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