Vxworks | 5.4.2

-> ld < myPatch.o -> symFindByName "oldFunc", &pOld -> symFindByName "newFunc", &pNew -> pOld = pNew No reboot. No downtime. That’s power – and danger.

Here’s a social/tech post about , written as if for a retro embedded engineering community (e.g., LinkedIn, Reddit, or a blog). Pick the tone you need. Option 1: Nostalgic / “War Story” (Reddit or Blog) Title: VxWorks 5.4.2 – where a stray pointer meant rebooting a $50k machine vxworks 5.4.2

#VxWorks #Embedded #RealTimeKernel

No MMU protection. No POSIX threads. But deterministic scheduling you could bet a Mars rover on. -&gt; ld &lt; myPatch

#vxworks #realtimesystems #embedded #retrocomputing 🕰️ Throwback: VxWorks 5.4.2 (circa early 2000s) vxworks 5.4.2