[$] Building a Tizen IVI test experience

In November of 2013, I decided to undertake a garage-hackingproject and build an in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) Linux box for myown car. Motivated hobbyists have done such things for years, ofcourse. But, after having followed the development of variousautomotive Linux projects (such as GENIVI and Tizen IVI), I wanted toput them to the test, rather than simply stuff a Raspberry Pi into theglove compartment and run Rhythmbox on a tiny screen on thedashboard. Interesting developments were happening at automakers andsoftware vendors, and they were worth exploring. It turned out to bea rather large project, so to cover it fully will take more than oneinstallment. The first major milestone involves understanding theunique hardware, power, and boot requirements of an IVI unit (as wellas finding a distribution that fits the bill).