my next "spare time" project....

[Huw Powell]

> > > I guess if we went somewhere down the LinuxBIOS and a real-time kernel
> > > avenue, it just _might_ work.
> >
> > I'm not sure you need a real-time os to do it... so long as you aren't doing
> > lots of other silly tasks I don't think the important stuff would be swapped
> > out of the cpu at a "Bad time".. or at leat all that much anyway ;-)  Even
> > changing the nice level of the process(es) might do it.
> 
> IMHO, timing is very important. At 5000rpm, you need to handle start,
> dwell, and stop on five injectors in sequence for direct-fire.

can I interrupt here to ask what people use to wax their rotors?  I was
thinking carnauba, since the heat of braking will re-melt and re-polish
for a nice finish at every parking lot.  Combined with an appropriate
scotch-brite based brake pad it should be a real upgrade!

-- 
Huw Powell

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