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I thought that would be more because of the Linux bloat + security risk. I don't think it makes much sense to use Linux in the embedded space, but something tha
by mtgx 6y ago
I thought that would be more because of the Linux bloat + security risk. I don't think it makes much sense to use Linux in the embedded space, but something that is 100x smaller.
I certainly wouldn't want self-driving car systems to be powered by Linux...
- raxxorrax 6y agoFrom a stability perspective I would. Linux had much more time to harden than comparable OS. From a technical perspective it isn't a real time OS and does come with unnecessary functions that are probably not relevant to the application, but I think people underestimate the amount of bugs in embedded systems. Minimal OS or bare metal doesn't really matter much. To my knowledge there was never an incident where common OS was responsible for failure, but it has been a myth for ages. If it does fail it is probably due to a hardware defect, but a risk analysis would show a plethora of possibilities for fail safe systems.
- imtringued 6y agoGPU drivers aren't going to run on microcontrollers. If the processor isn't running Linux then it will run something equivalent like BSD.