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Linux Takes On Automotive Apps

Posted by timothy on from the things-that-work dept.

loconet writes "Linux Devices has released an article about Metrowerks setting out to drive Linux further into the automotive telematics market by launching what it calls "Automotive Grade Linux," a version of Linux enhanced with non-traditional features to address the specific requirements of automotive telematics."

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  1. Errors by niteice · · Score: 5, Funny

    Kernel Panic: Your engine a splode!

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  2. HA! by Jozer99 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Your Corola has been rooted!

  3. Let's hope it's not Gentoo! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Only 17 days left until we can leave hon, I'm just compiling starter.so"

    1. Re:Let's hope it's not Gentoo! by dcstimm · · Score: 5, Funny

      well we could just run a stage3 install of starter.so but you wont be able to drive as fast. Sorry

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  4. Something new? by erick99 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I hadn't heard of Automotive Telematics before, nor did I know it was a $14 billion market and, even more surprising (to me), Microsoft has a version of CE that was released in 2002 and updated in 2003 that is specifically for that market. Well, you learn something new everyday within the hallowed halls of SlashDot. That said, I would think that Linux would be an ideal platform for this because it does meet the requirements for telematics as set forth in the article. I wonder how M$ will respond? Or, is it a big enough pie for everyone to have a slice?

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  5. If Operating Systems Drove Your Car to the Store by weston · · Score: 5, Funny

    "UNIX

    You get in the car and type grep store. You are given a list of 400 7-11's in your area and 50 grocery stores. After picking one and reaching speeds of 200 miles per hour en route, you arrive at the barber shop."

    -- If Operating Systems Drove Your Car to the Store

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  6. Re:Strange article by erick99 · · Score: 5, Informative
    The article states:

    What automotive telematics is not

    Automotive telematics does not include areas of automotive computing that involve powertrain management (such as fuel-injection microcontrollers), or what Metrowerks terms "body/safety/chassis" computing applications. These applications are typically based on proprietary process-based real-time OSes such as QNX, VxWorks, AE, LynxOS and others.

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  7. Telematics by OneNonly · · Score: 5, Informative
    Was expecting this device / software to be for general control of car systems (engine performance, monitoring etc) but from here:

    http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS6531324140.html

    What is "telematics"?

    Telematics is a fairly new word sometimes defined as the combination of telecommunications and computing, or, alternatively, "telemetry" (radio-based instrumentation) and "informatics" (information management using statistics and computers).

    Automotive telematics, then, is the application of telematics to the automotive market. Metrowerks lists examples of automotive telematics that include:

    * Call center services such as GM OnStar
    * In-car navigation and guidance systems
    * Car/cellphone integration (for example, for hands-free operation through the radio and a dash-mounted microphone)
    * XM radio and Becker Online Pro
    * Fleet management systems such as Qualcomm Omnitracs



    What automotive telematics is not

    Automotive telematics does not include areas of automotive computing that involve powertrain management (such as fuel-injection microcontrollers), or what Metrowerks terms "body/safety/chassis" computing applications. These applications are typically based on proprietary process-based real-time OSes such as QNX, VxWorks, AE, LynxOS and others.