From 2fde7f0b4738494ff58bf2bc3fe5810c1d2546d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mounir IDRASSI <mounir.idrassi@idrix.fr>
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2017 17:25:06 +0200
Subject: Windows MBR bootloader: reduce CPU usage during password prompt
 (Credit: Jason Pyeron of CipherShed project
 https://github.com/CipherShed/CipherShed/commit/00ea00e8e6a23a4243316f860aa07ed59203ab97)

---
 src/Boot/Windows/BootConsoleIo.cpp | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'src/Boot/Windows')

diff --git a/src/Boot/Windows/BootConsoleIo.cpp b/src/Boot/Windows/BootConsoleIo.cpp
index b03098f0..9148f5c9 100644
--- a/src/Boot/Windows/BootConsoleIo.cpp
+++ b/src/Boot/Windows/BootConsoleIo.cpp
@@ -238,11 +238,32 @@ byte GetKeyboardChar ()
 	return GetKeyboardChar (nullptr);
 }
 
+/*
+inline void Sleep ()
+{
+	__asm
+	{
+		mov al, 0
+		mov ah, 0x86
+		// Sleep for 250 milliseconds = 250 000 microseconds = 0x0003D090
+		mov cx, 0x0003
+		mov dx, 0xD090
+		int 0x15
+	}
+}
+*/
 
 byte GetKeyboardChar (byte *scanCode)
 {
 	// Work around potential BIOS bugs (Windows boot manager polls the keystroke buffer)
-	while (!IsKeyboardCharAvailable());
+	while (!IsKeyboardCharAvailable())
+	{
+		// reduce CPU usage by halting CPU until the next external interrupt is fired
+		__asm
+		{		
+			hlt
+		}
+	}
 
 	byte asciiCode;
 	byte scan;
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