“The driver enables access to all MOST data types and supports the USB, MediaLB and I2C interfaces of MOST network interface controllers,” said Dr. Wolfgang Bott, Technical Coordinator, MOST Cooperation. “The driver supports standard Linux interfaces like ALSA (Audio), V4L2 (Video) and IP-based communication over the standard Linux Networking Stack.”
IHS projects that by 2020, Linux will lead the estimated 130m unit IVI market with a 41.3% share, taking 53.7m units. Linux adoption is growing because it provides automotive designers with an open-source platform that allows them to maximise the reuse of existing work, while making their own incremental improvements. Additionally, Automotive Grade Linux (AGL) was built on top of a well-tested and stable Linux stack that is already being used in embedded and mobile devices. The combination of MOST and Linux provides a solution for the increasing complexity of IVI and ADAS, accelerating development via open-source software and the automotive-industry-proven MOST networking technology.