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17: <font color="#0000ff"><i>Open</i></font><font color="#000084">BSD</font></a>
18: <font color="#e00000">Hardware Wanted</font>
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1.1 deraadt 21: <p>
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1.325 deraadt 23: The following list outlines hardware that the OpenBSD project could use.
24: There are a number of reasons why developers need hardware, and it is important
25: to first of all realize these reasons:
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1.325 deraadt 27: <ul>
28: <li>To support a specific device, normally one which is more rare or new.
1.831 miod 29: <li>To be part of their development environment.
1.653 kevlo 30: <li>Some types of machines may be different in some way
1.741 sobrado 31: (i.e. big-endian or unsigned-char) and ensure that developers
1.325 deraadt 32: write code more carefully.
1.831 miod 33: <li>That said, space or power may be at a premium for some people.
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1.78 deraadt 36: If you do not own these devices, but want to help us, we recommend you
1.653 kevlo 37: search on <a href="http://www.ebay.com">eBay</a> for the devices. If
1.78 deraadt 38: you do the bidding and then get the device shipped to us, it really
1.325 deraadt 39: helps us. It is better if developers develop, and skip the bidding process,
1.653 kevlo 40: since any time saved can be spent on improving OpenBSD instead.<p>
1.258 david 41:
1.325 deraadt 42: If it is clear which specific developer should be contacted, please do
43: so directly. Otherwise contact <a href="mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org">Theo de Raadt</a>
1.653 kevlo 44: who will pass on the message to whichever developers are in need.<p>
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1.325 deraadt 46: Please be very clear as to where you are located!! For larger items this
47: can be very important.
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1.995 tj 51: <h3><font color="#e00000">General device requirements</font></h3>
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1.325 deraadt 53: We try to spread these types of devices around our development community.
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1.313 jsg 55: <ul>
1.1031 deraadt 56: <li>Laptops. These die often enough that as a group our needier
57: developers need help replacing about 2-3 per year.
1.653 kevlo 58: <li>Apple Mac powerpc equipment.
1.670 deraadt 59: <li>HP J6750 machines (J6700 is the second best choice).
1.912 deraadt 60: <li>Faster & smaller sparc64 machines, for instance 1U rack mount
61: machines. It is important to spread sparc64 around the development
1.913 sthen 62: community, since it is the most strict platform for detecting non-portable
1.912 deraadt 63: or buggy code.
1.653 kevlo 64: <li>Any amd64 or faster i386 hardware which comes available.
65: <li>We generally do not need older and "very common" ISA/PCI equipment, since
1.325 deraadt 66: our developers will generally have gotten their hands on these in the
67: past.
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1.653 kevlo 70: <h3><font color="#e00000">10Gb Ethernet Support</font></h3>
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1.1008 mikeb 72: David Gwynne (in Australia), and Claudio Jeker (in Switzerland) are working
73: on support for 10 Gigabit Ethernet devices. These developers would like the
74: following hardware to help development:
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1.518 dlg 76: <ul>
1.844 mikeb 77: <li>10GbaseSR SFP+ modules for use in 10Gb network cards
1.653 kevlo 78: <li>Switches with 10Gb modules for hacking
1.844 mikeb 79: <li>Direct Attach (SFP+) and CX4 cabling
1.727 jsg 80: <li>optical cabling with LC connectors (for 10GbaseSR and 10GbaseLR)
1.844 mikeb 81: <li>Broadcom, Emulex (ServerEngines) and QLogic 10Gb NICs for driver
82: development
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1.1008 mikeb 85: Contact dlg@openbsd.org, and claudio@openbsd.org.
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1.741 sobrado 87: <h3><font color="#e00000">Specific platform requests by our developers</font></h3>
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1.1026 jasper 105: Nothing at the moment.
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1.741 sobrado 110: <h3><font color="#e00000">Specific devices and equipment needed by our developers</font></h3>
1.995 tj 111:
1.737 jasper 112: <ul>
1.710 kettenis 113: <li>Sun StorEdge MultiPack-FC desktop array needed in Assen, The Netherlands.
1.650 kettenis 114: Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
1.986 jca 115: <li>A variety pack of shortish (SFP connectors on at least one end) fibers
1.718 deraadt 116: wanted in Calgary.
117: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.1027 mpi 118: <li>A PCIe to USB 2.0+1.1 card supported by ehci(4) and ohci(4) is wanted
119: in France or Germany, for USB MP development.
120: Contact mpi@openbsd.org.
1.1011 florian 121: <li>A (supported!) umb(4) usb stick is needed in Den Haag, The Netherlands.
122: Contact florian@openbsd.org.
1.1014 benoit 123: <li>A laptop is wanted in Cergy, France. Contact benoit@openbsd.org.
1.1026 jasper 124: <li>USB TRNG harware such as <a href="https://www.araneus.fi/products/alea2/en/">Araneus Alea II</a>
125: and <a href="https://www.tindie.com/products/WaywardGeek/infinite-noise-true-random-number-generator/">Infinite
126: Noise</a> is wanted in Colorado and the Netherlands. Contact
127: abieber@openbsd.org or jasper@openbsd.org.
1.1036 jsg 128: <li>iBook G4 or PowerBook G4 with Radeon graphics needed in Melbourne, Australia.
129: Contact jsg@openbsd.org.
1.1037 jca 130: <li>A development laptop is needed in Nantes, France.
131: Preferred: thinkpad x230 or newer. Contact jca@openbsd.org.
1.1038 sthen 132: <li>2x 2TB or larger 6G SAS drives + Dell 3.5" caddys (WTJVY, CWJ92 or
1.1040 sthen 133: similar) needed in the UK. Also a PC Engines APU (1 or 2).
134: Contact sthen@openbsd.org.
1.1041 ! juanfra 135: <li>Various SO-DIMM DDR2 PC-5300 or PC-6400 modules of 4GB are needed in Spain.
! 136: Contact juanfra@openbsd.org.
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