MCU2 - Retrofit

[viper2ko]

People - there is no armv7 binary for Chromium so our MCU1 units will not ever have Chromium because it's simply not compiled to run on our old Tegra-based platform, thus never have any browser based features such as what v10 is offering.

The only things v10 could offer to mcu1 cars would be improved IC displays, Caraoke, Sentry Mode Improvements, Autopilot improvements, and other non-web based items.

Didn't old tegra tablets run chrome

 

[MorrisonHiker]

Didn't old tegra tablets run chrome

Yes.

 

[chillaban]

Didn't old tegra tablets run chrome

V8 has undergone a massive number of changes since then. Even today’s armv7 sources for it look like they’re with the Cortex A15/A7 instruction set in mind. I have my doubts just looking at the sources whether or not this would work on a Tegra 3. If anyone has a rooted Android tablet lying around....

 

[S100D]

People - there is no armv7 binary for Chromium so our MCU1 units will not ever have Chromium because it's simply not compiled to run on our old Tegra-based platform, thus never have any browser based features such as what v10 is offering.

The only things v10 could offer to mcu1 cars would be improved IC displays, Caraoke, Sentry Mode Improvements, Autopilot improvements, and other non-web based items.

I have MCU1/AP2 and I do not have the ability to write Sentry Mode to a SD card. When our cars get updated to AP3, will this give us the ability to record Sentry Mode to a SD card?

 

[MP3Mike]

I have MCU1/AP2 and I do not have the ability to write Sentry Mode to a SD card. When our cars get updated to AP3, will this give us the ability to record Sentry Mode to a SD card?

We don't know. If the AP computer was the limitation then I would think yes. If the limitation is that Tesla doesn't want to because the cameras are different and don't support color the same way as the newer ones, then no.

 

[HankLloydRight]

I have MCU1/AP2 and I do not have the ability to write Sentry Mode to a SD card. When our cars get updated to AP3, will this give us the ability to record Sentry Mode to a SD card?

I would guess that since Sentry Mode isn't part of AP/FSD (and only the AP computer needs to be upgraded), you're out of luck. Sorry.

 

[MelaniainLA]

People - there is no armv7 binary for Chromium so our MCU1 units will not ever have Chromium because it's simply not compiled to run on our old Tegra-based platform, thus never have any browser based features such as what v10 is offering.

The only things v10 could offer to mcu1 cars would be improved IC displays, Caraoke, Sentry Mode Improvements, Autopilot improvements, and other non-web based items.

Are armv7 binaries available for non-Chromium browsers that suck less than the 1990's dial-up era browser we currently have in there?

 

[KyleDay]

Are armv7 binaries available for non-Chromium browsers that suck less than the 1990's dial-up era browser we currently have in there?

3 Months Maybe; 6 months definitely

 

[buttershrimp]

I think we will get ghetto upgrade mcu1 with FSD ... or option to get mcu2 at cost.... the ghetto upgrade will have Caroake mode where if you play your music on a boombox in passenger seat, you can sing along

 

[Krash]

All us MCU1 owners outside Elon's window...

 

[EVSteve]

But you can't share a route to your car, you can only share your destination and then the car will plan a route to it.

I don’t believe this is accurate. My phone will let me share an address or directions. Will test to verify and report back.

 

[MelaniainLA]

I think we will get ghetto upgrade mcu1 with FSD ... or option to get mcu2 at cost.... the ghetto upgrade will have Caroake mode where if you play your music on a boombox in passenger seat, you can sing along

I’ve missed you Buttershrimp

Thanks to you I’m an 8Ball/MJG addict!

 

[_jmk]

V8 has undergone a massive number of changes since then. Even today’s armv7 sources for it look like they’re with the Cortex A15/A7 instruction set in mind.

Now this. The Scheduler decides if the browser lands on the big or the LITTLE. Isn’t the LITTLE still fully armv7a backwards compatible?

 

[buttershrimp]

I’ve missed you Buttershrimp

Thanks to you I’m an 8Ball/MJG addict!

Funny I just made that song my alarm clock ... and I forgot it has an air raid siren at the beginning of the song so I’m super awake this morning

 

[⚡️ELECTROMAN⚡️]

I don’t care about not getting the new features as long they don’t keep making the usability of MCU1 worse, but it’s looking like they have taken a page out of the Apple playbook.

 

[chillaban]

Now this. The Scheduler decides if the browser lands on the big or the LITTLE. Isn’t the LITTLE still fully armv7a backwards compatible?

No, big and little share the same instruction set which is how they can be used as an AMP pair in the same system but V7-A itself has gone through many revisions since it was originally released.

If the A9 and A15 were fully backwards compatible I would’ve been unemployed from 2010 to 2013.

 

[_jmk]

If the A9 and A15 were fully backwards compatible I would’ve been unemployed from 2010 to 2013.

Thanks. I’ve been in risc-v land for ages already.

 

[supratachophobia]

V8 has undergone a massive number of changes since then. Even today’s armv7 sources for it look like they’re with the Cortex A15/A7 instruction set in mind. I have my doubts just looking at the sources whether or not this would work on a Tegra 3. If anyone has a rooted Android tablet lying around....

Rooted Nexus7 you say?

 

[mahagala]

MCU1 is not powerful for games, but for video, should be good enough, no?

 

[chillaban]

MCU1 is not powerful for games, but for video, should be good enough, no?

I mean it can but not in the way Tesla is currently doing it. Tesla Theater is simply a Chromium based web portal that links to desktop class websites for those services.

Considering their ancient build of WebKit for like iOS 8 no longer even reliably renders release notes HTML on MCU1 there is no way it'll render Tesla Theater. I mean, try going to Hulu.com from your car and see how well that works out, totally ignoring the video playback aspect.