my next "spare time" project....

[Mark L. Chang]

On Wed, 9 May 2001, Marc Swanson wrote:

> think about working it into real hardware.  A/D converters run plenty fast
> enough to control the "slow" speed of an engine even at redline... and I
> really can't think of a single limitation that would make this an impossible
> project...  And hey, who can really say "My car runs on Linux!" ? ;-)
>
> Anyone care to shoot down my project/theory?

I guess if we went somewhere down the LinuxBIOS and a real-time kernel
avenue, it just _might_ work.

Otherwise, you have silly issues such as boot time, crashability, and non
real-time event handling that standard (non-embedded) Linux usually has.
Plus, standard computer hardware isn't really fit for an all-weather car
environment.

It seems a little easier to go with the Homebrew EFI club and spend some
time on that end of things.

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