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Re:The Linux realtime preemption endgame is near by gigatexal on Thursday November 16, 2023 @03:59PM (#38295438)
QNX is used in vehicle infotainment systems no? Where else?

I'm not bothered by the kernel bloat. There's a lot of dev time being invested in Linux and while the desktop is not as much of a priority as say the server space a performant kernel on handhelds and other such devices and the dev work to get it there will benefit the desktop users like myself.

Re:The Linux realtime preemption endgame is near by lmm on Thursday November 16, 2023 @04:32PM (#38295862)
> QNX is used in vehicle infotainment systems no? Where else?

A bunch of similar embedded systems. And blackberry, if anyone's still using them.

Re:The Linux realtime preemption endgame is near by bkallus on Thursday November 16, 2023 @04:32PM (#38295860)
I went to a conference at GE Research where I spoke to some QNX reps from Blackberry for a while. Seemed like they were hinting that some embedded computers in some of GE'S aerospace and energy stuff relies on QNX.
Re:The Linux realtime preemption endgame is near by tyfon on Thursday November 16, 2023 @05:00PM (#38296187)
It was used in my old toyota avensis from 2012. The infotainment was so slow you could measure performance in seconds pr frame instead of frames pr second :)

In the end, all I could practically use it for was as a bluetooth audio connector.

Re:The Linux realtime preemption endgame is near by notrom on Thursday November 16, 2023 @06:22PM (#38297093)
I've worked with it in industrial automation systems in large scale manufacturing plants where it was pretty rock solid. And I'm aware of it's use in TV production and transmissions systems.
Re:The Linux realtime preemption endgame is near by Cyph0n on Thursday November 16, 2023 @06:42PM (#38297252)
Cisco routers running IOS-XR, until relatively recently.
Re:The Linux realtime preemption endgame is near by SubjectToChange on Thursday November 16, 2023 @08:34PM (#38298137)
Railroads/Positive Train Control, emergency call centers, etc. QNX is used all over the place. If you want an even more impressive Microkernel RTOS, then Green Hills INTEGRITY is a great example. It's the RTOS behind the B-2, F-{16,22,35}, Boeing 787, Airbus A380, Sikorsky S-92, etc.
Re:The Linux realtime preemption endgame is near by yosefk on Friday November 17, 2023 @07:59AM (#38302878)
"Even more impressive" in what way? I haven't used INTEGRITY but used the Green Hills compiler and debugger extensively for years and they're easily the most buggy development tools I've ever had the misfortune to use. To me the "impressive" thing is their ability to lock safety critical software developers into using this garbage.
Re:The Linux realtime preemption endgame is near by dilyevsky on Thursday November 16, 2023 @09:08PM (#38298418)
Routers, airplanes, satellites, nuclear power stations, lots of good stuff