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19 .Nd hardware-aware busy wait
29 function performs a busy-wait for an implementation defined period of
30 time. On hardware platforms that support it, it notifies the hardware
31 that this is occurring in an effort to minimize resource usage. This is
32 commonly used in the implementation of spin loops.
33 .Sh INTERFACE STABILITY