Cars Are Now Rolling Computers Now. So What Happens When They Stop Getting Updates?
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Phones are supported well beyond their average ownership lifetime. In stark contrast, automakers are struggling to work out how long their “smartphones on wheels” can be kept on the road.
  • @0x0@programming.devEnglish
    3•8 months ago

    These are real time control systems which are quite different to an interrupt based operating system such as Linux.

    You do know you can operate the linux kernel in real time, right?

    • @SapientLasagna@lemmy.caEnglish
      4•8 months ago

      It’s not a hard real time OS though. Real Time Linux would be appropriate for some subsystems in a car, but not for things that are safety critical with hard timing constraints, e.g. ABS controllers.