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		netsharc 66 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Software update bricks some Jeep 4xe hybrids over ... The cars needs a partition for the running OS, and a second as backup, and "reboot to recovery partition" to fall back to in case the update breaks. Hah, curious to think that cars now have bootloaders...

antiloper 66 days ago | [–]

Cars probably have multiple bootloaders even. Surely there are at least two, one for the ECU and one for the infotainment system. Perhaps there are even more depending on how complex components like parking cameras etc. are.

stuff4ben 66 days ago | [–]

I suppose some version of CTRL-ALT-DELETE is needed to reset the car's OS.

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