my next "spare time" project....

[Bob]

Burn it to a ROM to cut boot times...
Bob

"Mark L. Chang" wrote:

> 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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