diff --git a/headers/private/kernel/arch/m68k/arch_cpu.h b/headers/private/kernel/arch/m68k/arch_cpu.h
index 8e576a6f89..9d41e35863 100644
--- a/headers/private/kernel/arch/m68k/arch_cpu.h
+++ b/headers/private/kernel/arch/m68k/arch_cpu.h
@@ -445,6 +445,26 @@ extern bool m68k_is_hw_register_readable(addr_t address);
 extern bool m68k_is_hw_register_writable(addr_t address, uint16 value);
 	// defined in kernel: arch/m68k/cpu_asm.S
 
+
+static inline void
+arch_cpu_idle(void)
+{
+	// TODO: M68K CPU idle call
+	// there isn't really any insn for this. Maybe NOP/FNOP?
+	// TODO: make a 060 module using LPSTOP
+	//asm volatile ("lpstop");
+}
+
+
+static inline void
+arch_cpu_pause(void)
+{
+	// TODO: M68K STOP call
+	// the problem is STOP wants an immediate to put into SR
+	// but we don't want to overwrite it.
+	//asm volatile("stop #0" : : : "memory");
+}
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/src/system/kernel/arch/m68k/arch_cpu.cpp b/src/system/kernel/arch/m68k/arch_cpu.cpp
index 488e905c19..0eaeb49b41 100644
--- a/src/system/kernel/arch/m68k/arch_cpu.cpp
+++ b/src/system/kernel/arch/m68k/arch_cpu.cpp
@@ -268,16 +268,6 @@ arch_cpu_shutdown(bool reboot)
 }
 
 
-void
-arch_cpu_idle(void)
-{
-	if (cpu_ops.idle)
-		cpu_ops.idle();
-#warning M68K: use LPSTOP ?
-	//asm volatile ("lpstop");
-}
-
-
 // The purpose of this function is to trick the compiler. When setting the
 // page_handler to a label that is obviously (to the compiler) never used,
 // it may reorganize the control flow, so that the labeled part is optimized