Re: Xen and Automotive.

[Bertrand Marquis <Bertrand.Marquis@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

> On 6 Jul 2020, at 09:24, peter.jac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> Thank you Bertrand.
> Can you tell me some car computer models?

Not really, there are a lot of different boards for Renesas, Xilinx or NXP for 
example that could be used.

> Can a car use multi OS? If yes, then why?

This is a very generic question with a huge number of answers.
If you search in internet you will find answers like the ones i gave you before.

> I'm a beginner and imagine it a little hard for me.
> In this kind of cars, all components managing by OS? Change gears also?

Well there are already a huge number of computers in a car, some using OS, some 
using bare metal applications.
You will easily find articles explaining that there are already over 50 
computers in a car.

Keep in mind that a computer can be a single chip, like a microcontroller.

> I guess QNX on Mazerati cars is an example!!!
> 

and many others.

Bertrand

> 
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> On Jul 6, 2020, 12:14 PM, Bertrand Marquis < Bertrand.Marquis@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi Peter,
> 
> > On 5 Jul 2020, at 22:40, Peter <peter.jac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> > I'm a student and new to Xen
> > I want to know Xen and automotive mean that the Xen hypervisor running on a 
> > car? For example, BMW car.
> 
> There is no defined brand but the idea is to have Xen running on one or 
> several computers inside a commercial car yes.
> 
> > If yes, then why? When cars using Android then this Android virtualized by 
> > Xen? Am I right?
> 
> Android running on top of Xen is one use case but there are lot more 
> computers in a car on which virtualization could play a role.
> For example the dashboard, autonomous driving, engine control, network 
> connections, etc….
> Using Xen would allow to run several systems on the same core but isolated 
> one from an other for safety reasons but also to have different types of OS 
> on the same processor (like autosar and Android for example).
> 
> Regards
> Bertrand
> 
> >
> > Please answer me.
> >
> > Tnx.
>