On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 12:20:16AM -0700, DJA wrote: > Carl Lowenstein wrote: > >On 5/18/05, Wade Curry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>So did they all have to get out and shut the doors before they > >>could get back in to restart it? And does this mean that all our > >>computer::automobile analogies are no longer analogies? > > > > > >Basically, the car stops running out there in the middle of the freeway. > >And the reboot has to be done with car-manufacturer supplied test > >equipment. > > > > carl > > Big deal. My friend nas a brand new Chevy Malibu Max. The CPU > controlling the variable-ratio steering went out while he was driving it > and he couldn't steer it. And I don't mean like when the power steering > goes out and it's harder to steer. I mean no CPU: no steering. Luckily > he was only going about 25 MPH and in a straight line. > > Even scarier is that his car statistically triggered a recall. >
I consider it criminal negligence waiting to express itself to release an embedded system for a critical (life threatening if fail) function that doesn't fall back to some level of manual control. I know we'd get shut down that day by the FDA if they thought we'd let something like that out of the house. Doesn't DOT or someone have regulatory oversight of steering and braking systems? I don't want to wait for the marketplace to iron this out if that means someone crossing a median and taking my family out. -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
