The Linux Foundation's Automotive Grade Linux workgroup [LWN.net]

The Linux Foundation has announced the creation of a workgroup to help with the creation of Linux-based automotive solutions; initial members include Jaguar Land Rover, Nissan, and Toyota, along with a number of tech companies. "The Automotive Grade Linux Workgroup will work with the Tizen project as the reference distribution optimized for a broad set of automotive applications ranging from Instrumentation Cluster to In-Vehicle-Infotainment (IVI) and more. The Linux Foundation will host this effort, providing a neutral environment for collaboration among the Linux kernel community, other open source software communities and the automotive industry."

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The Linux Foundation's Automotive Grade Linux workgroup

Posted Sep 19, 2012 23:16 UTC (Wed) by chiyeh (guest, #62776) [Link] (1 responses)

We hope this is good begining for vehicle industry.

The Linux Foundation's Automotive Grade Linux workgroup

Posted Sep 25, 2012 15:34 UTC (Tue) by wookey (guest, #5501) [Link]

Although one wonders what was wrong with the previous beginning via the GENIVI alliance?

It was nice to hear several speakers (including GregKH) being very complimentary about Debian and Jim Zemlin saying 'we need a distro like Debian or Fedora for automotive'. Sadly the distro they deem to be most Debian-like in this context is not Debian (or Fedora), but Tizen. I guess they are somewhat biased, just like me :-) For all I know, they may be right that it forms an optimum base, but I'm not entirely convinced that multi-headed, multi-user car systems are more like 'mobile embedded stuff' than they are like 'real general-purpose linux'.

Still, a side-effect of this meeting is that the GENIVI packages which have just been made accessible to non-members have ITPs for Debian already and I expect uploads quite soon. So if anyone does just want to use Debian as a distro 'like Debian', they can.

More significantly if anyone else is interested in 'Debian Automotive' (which currently is essentially making a GENIVI-compliant system on a Debian base), then come and muck in. We're starting out on the debian-embedded list as that already has the right sort of people.

The Linux Foundation's Automotive Grade Linux workgroup

Posted Oct 3, 2012 15:32 UTC (Wed) by JanC_ (subscriber, #34940) [Link]

Somewhat surprising to see Nissan but not Renault in there, as they collaborate a lot (and own significant shares in each other).