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+/** @file
+  Base Library CPU Functions for all architectures.
+
+  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.
+
+**/
+
+
+
+#include <Base.h>
+#include <Library/BaseLib.h>
+
+/**
+  Executes an infinite loop.
+
+  Forces the CPU to execute an infinite loop. A debugger may be used to skip
+  past the loop and the code that follows the loop must execute properly. This
+  implies that the infinite loop must not cause the code that follow it to be
+  optimized away.
+
+**/
+VOID
+EFIAPI
+CpuDeadLoop (
+  VOID
+  )
+{
+  volatile UINTN  Index;
+
+  for (Index = 0; Index == 0;);
+}