HAHamuko·Jan 16, 2024
Tesla uses Qt and Qt WebEngine uses Chromium, meaning that there is probably in fact a V8 JavaScript engine in any given Tesla.
https://github.com/teslamotors/buildroot/tree/buildroot-2021...
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3 sources> Its actually the other way around. Tesla cars are designed more like SpaceX rockets or fighter jets in terms of electronics.
Yeah, the SpaceX and Tesla software stacks for their firmware are similar in a lot of ways, they both heavily use buildroot(https://buildroot.org/) for at least a good bit of their Linux based firmware, good luck getting proper GPL source from them though, Tesla last I checked at least made some effort to publish what appears to be incomplete buildroot source code(https://github.com/teslamotors/buildroot).
SpaceX just inaccurately claims "Because we are not distributing buildroot, we are not legally required to distribute the source code under the GPLv2 license." then ignores you even though they very obviously distribute buildroot based firmware to customers as it's used in the Starlink Dishy antenna(I asked for
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their buildroot source and have a Dishy antenna, that was their response...and to top it off I'm even a major buildroot contributor). They def have a bunch of cool tech but are super secretive about everything it seems, they don't appear to ever upstream patches or interact with outside software developers.
Happy to see Tesla /finally/ make some traction on GPL compliance.
Some additional context [1]:
I’m reaching out you since you are someone who has expressed interest
or requested open source code from Tesla in the past.
We would like to let you know that we now have two repositories on
GitHub that might be of interest.
You can find them here:
https://github.com/teslamotors/buildroot
https://github.com/teslamotors/linux
Today they contain the buildroot material that is used to build the
system image on our Autopilot platform, and the kernel sources
for those boards as well as the Nvidia Tegra-based infotainment
system in Model S/X. It is expected to be amended with material for
other systems in the car in the near future.
Currently the material that is there is representative of the 2018.12
release, but i
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t will be updated with new versions corresponding to new
releases over time.
It does not contain the proprietary applications Tesla has built on top of
this system image such as the actual Autopilot software stack,
Nvidia proprietary binaries, etc.
Work is underway on preparing sources in other areas as well, together with a
more coordinated information page. We wanted to let you know about this
material as it is available now while work continues on the other parts.
For further questions, please contact opensource@tesla.com.
[1] https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/tesla-releases-some-...