[sgillen]

More likely is that the car would have a Linux box running this software that connects to one or more micro controllers. The micro controllers handle any sensors/actuators with real time requirements, and may be running an RTOS or just bare metal.

[alexhornbake]

Hmmm, thanks for the additional info. Still seems like a bad idea. Based on your assertion, what happens when the RTOS/microcontroller does not receive a "decision" before the scheduling deadline? Many things can hang a Linux box... the reason why RTOS exists is because nothing can stop the scheduler. I would be very curious to hear from the Apollo developers. What is the intended platform and developer audience? Is this intended to actually run in a vehicle?

[zaro]

There are way to make Linux an RTOS, including work on pushing RT deterministic scheduler in the mainline[1].

[1] https://rt.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page

[alexhornbake]

Ahhh... Found it... The project has it's own Kernel. I stand corrected. This is super cool. https://github.com/ApolloAuto/apollo-kernel