__halt
Visual Studio 2005
Microsoft Specific
This topic is new for Visual Studio 2005 SP1.
Halts the microprocessor until an enabled interrupt, a nonmaskable interrupt (NMI), or a reset occurs.
void __halt( void );
The __halt function is equivalent to the HLT machine instruction, and is available only in kernel mode. For more information, search for the document, "Intel Architecture Software Developer's Manual, Volume 2: Instruction Set Reference," at the Intel Corporation site.