<story><title>Automotive Grade Linux</title><url>https://www.automotivelinux.org/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>rightbyte</author><text>&amp;quot;Reference applications including media player, tuner, navigation, web browser, Bluetooth, WiFi, HVAC control, audio mixer and &lt;i&gt;vehicle controls&lt;/i&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;It is nice to have a alternative to Google&amp;#x27;s car spy software, but I am suspicious of any ECU containing &lt;i&gt;malloc&lt;/i&gt;. If ECUs gets so complicated that they require Linux maybe there just is a fundamental design issue.&lt;p&gt;(EDIT: ECU as in Electric control unit, not only the Engine control unit.)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>bpoyner</author><text>For Mazda, Linux is used in the infotainment system. There is an entire community built around tweaking that infotainment system, and somebody has bundled those into a package called Mazda All In One Tweaks. They&amp;#x27;ve done some pretty impressive stuff, such as adding Android Auto support before Mazda officially did.  &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;github.com&amp;#x2F;Trevelopment&amp;#x2F;MZD-AIO&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;github.com&amp;#x2F;Trevelopment&amp;#x2F;MZD-AIO&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Automotive Grade Linux</title><url>https://www.automotivelinux.org/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>rightbyte</author><text>&amp;quot;Reference applications including media player, tuner, navigation, web browser, Bluetooth, WiFi, HVAC control, audio mixer and &lt;i&gt;vehicle controls&lt;/i&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;It is nice to have a alternative to Google&amp;#x27;s car spy software, but I am suspicious of any ECU containing &lt;i&gt;malloc&lt;/i&gt;. If ECUs gets so complicated that they require Linux maybe there just is a fundamental design issue.&lt;p&gt;(EDIT: ECU as in Electric control unit, not only the Engine control unit.)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>salicideblock</author><text>From my time in the industry, AGL is not even close to considering targeting Engine Control Units. The primary target is infotainment systems.&lt;p&gt;At the time I never heard anyone - not infotainment guys, not ECU, not the Linux geeks - seriously proposing to put Linux there.</text></comment>