INT 15 - Advanced Power Management v1.0+ - CPU(Central Processing Unit) The microprocessor which executes programs on your computer. IDLE AX = 5305h Return: CF clear if successful (after system leaves idle state) CF set on error AH = error code (03h,0Bh) (see #00473) Notes: call when the system is idle and should be suspended until the next system event or interrupt should not be called from within a hardware interrupt handler to avoid reentrance problems if an interrupt causes the system to resume normal processing, the interrupt may or may not have been handled when the BIOS(Basic Input/Output System) A set of standardized calls giving low-level access to the hardware. The BIOS is the lowest software layer above the actual hardware and serves to insulate programs (and operating systems) which use it from the details of accessing the hardware directly. returns from this call; thus, the caller should allow interrupts on return interrupt handlers may not retain control if the BIOS(Basic Input/Output System) A set of standardized calls giving low-level access to the hardware. The BIOS is the lowest software layer above the actual hardware and serves to insulate programs (and operating systems) which use it from the details of accessing the hardware directly. allows interrupts while in idle mode even if they are able to determine that they were called from idle mode the caller should issue this call continuously in a loop until it needs to perform some processing of its own SeeAlso: AX=1000h,AX=5306h,INT 2F/AX=1680h