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1.228 jufi 18: <h2><font color="#e00000">Hardware wanted</font></h2>
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1.325 deraadt 21: The following list outlines hardware that the OpenBSD project could use.
22: There are a number of reasons why developers need hardware, and it is important
23: to first of all realize these reasons:
24: <ul>
25: <li>To support a specific device, normally one which is more rare or new.
26: <li>To be part of their development environment
27: <li>Some types of machines may be different in some way
28: (ie. big-endian or unsigned-char) and ensure that developers
29: write code more carefully.
30: <li>That said, space or power may be at a premium for some people
31: </ul>
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1.78 deraadt 34: If you do not own these devices, but want to help us, we recommend you
1.228 jufi 35: search on <a href="http://www.ebay.com">eBay</a> for the devices. If
1.78 deraadt 36: you do the bidding and then get the device shipped to us, it really
1.325 deraadt 37: helps us. It is better if developers develop, and skip the bidding process,
38: since any time saved can be spent on improving OpenBSD instead.<p>
1.258 david 39:
1.325 deraadt 40: If it is clear which specific developer should be contacted, please do
41: so directly. Otherwise contact <a href="mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org">Theo de Raadt</a>
42: who will pass on the message to whichever developers are in need.<p>
1.22 deraadt 43:
1.325 deraadt 44: Please be very clear as to where you are located!! For larger items this
45: can be very important.
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1.22 deraadt 48:
1.331 jolan 49: <h3><font color="#e00000">Specific developers to contact for various reasons</font></h3>
1.228 jufi 50: <ul>
1.325 deraadt 51: <li>miod@openbsd.org and martin@openbsd.org for "older hardware" in Europe.
52: <li>wvdputte@openbsd.org for shipping assistance inside Europe.
53: <li>deraadt@openbsd.org for any general offers or questions.
54: <li>jsg@openbsd.org for any new wireless equipment.
55: </ul>
56: If you do not get a response from these developers, please consider
57: contacting another developer.
1.280 miod 58: <p>
1.1 deraadt 59:
1.331 jolan 60: <h3><font color="#e00000">General device requirements.</font></h3>
1.325 deraadt 61: We try to spread these types of devices around our development community.
1.313 jsg 62: <ul>
1.494 deraadt 63: <li><em>Narrow SCSI</em> disk drives of 2GB or more, 3.5" size.
64: (Narrow SCSI means 50pin).<br>
65: Many developers are running out of these drives, which are needed
66: to continue supporting older hardware.<br>
1.521 deraadt 67: <li>A few 1U 1Gbit switches with many ports.
1.325 deraadt 68: <li>Laptops. These die often enough that our developers need about 2-3
69: replacements a year.
70: <li>Apple Mac powerpc equipment.
1.334 deraadt 71: <li>Faster & smaller sparc64 machines, for instance 1U rack mount machines
1.521 deraadt 72: <li>Any amd64 or faster i386 hardware which comes available.
1.325 deraadt 73: <li>We generally do not need older and "very common" ISA/PCI equipment, since
74: our developers will generally have gotten their hands on these in the
75: past.
1.320 djm 76: </ul>
1.325 deraadt 77: <p>
1.313 jsg 78:
1.518 dlg 79: <h3><font color="#e00000">10Gb Ethernet Support</font></h3>
80: David Gwynne (in Australia), Reyk Floeter (in Germany), and Claudio Jeker (in
81: Switzerland) are working on support for 10 Gigabit Ethernet devices. These
82: developers would like the following hardware to help development:
83: <ul>
84: <li>Switches with 10Gb modules for hacking
85: <li>CX4 cabling
1.531 deraadt 86: <li>HP XFP's for 3500yl switches, preferrably with SR optics.
1.518 dlg 87: <li>XFP optical cabling (for 10GbaseSR and 10GbaseLR)
88: <li><a href="http://www.neteffect.com/products.html">NetEffect 10Gb NICs</a>
89: for driver development
90: <li><a href="http://www.sun.com/products/networking/ethernet/10gigethernet/index.xml">Sun
91: Multithreaded 10 GbE Networking Cards</a> for driver development
92: </ul>
93: Contact dlg@openbsd.org, reyk@openbsd, and claudio@openbsd.org.
94: </p>
95:
1.331 jolan 96: <h3><font color="#e00000">Specific devices needed by specific developers</font></h3>
1.228 jufi 97: <ul>
1.535 uwe 98: <li>Bluetooth devices, especially phones, keyboards, mice, and headsets.
99: Contact uwe@openbsd.org.
1.389 jsg 100: <li>A PCI bus analyser would be really useful for working on undocumented hardware,
1.506 djm 101: required in Melbourne, Australia.
1.522 deraadt 102: Contact jsg@openbsd.org.
1.523 jsg 103: <li>19" rack required in Melbourne, Australia.
1.522 deraadt 104: Contact jsg@openbsd.org.
1.436 jsg 105: <li>UltraSPARC III machine with PCI Express for driver development/sparc64
1.506 djm 106: testing in Melbourne, Australia.
1.522 deraadt 107: Contact jsg@openbsd.org.
1.506 djm 108: <li>A battery (slim or extended) for an IBM X40 laptop
109: in Melbourne, Australia. Contact djm@openbsd.org.
1.406 jolan 110: <li>CompactFlash GPRS card such as the Audiovox RTM-8000D needed in Madison, WI.
1.522 deraadt 111: Contact jolan@openbsd.org.
1.406 jolan 112: <li>umodem(4) based EVDO device needed in Madison, WI.
1.522 deraadt 113: Contact jolan@openbsd.org.
1.406 jolan 114: <li>Elan Digital Systems U132 USB -> Cardbus Adapter needed in Madison, WI.
1.522 deraadt 115: Contact jolan@openbsd.org.
1.513 dlg 116: <li>An LSI Logic
117: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.lsil.com/storage_home/products_home/host_bus_adapters/sas_hbas/lsisas3041er/index.html">SAS3041E-R</a>
118: or
119: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.lsil.com/storage_home/products_home/host_bus_adapters/sas_hbas/lsisas3442er/index.html">SAS3442E-R</a>
120: needed in Brisbane, Australia.
1.522 deraadt 121: Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.488 dlg 122: <li>A Fibre Channel DB9 Copper GBIC.
1.522 deraadt 123: Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.340 deraadt 124: <li>An amd64 machine needed for RAID development in Brisbane, Australia.
1.442 deraadt 125: Preferably a Sun x4100 or x4200.
1.522 deraadt 126: Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.383 steven 127: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ciss&sektion=4">ciss(4)</a>
1.340 deraadt 128: and
1.383 steven 129: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gdt&sektion=4">gdt(4)</a>
1.340 deraadt 130: RAID cards for bio and bioctl development needed in Austin, Texas, USA.
1.522 deraadt 131: Contact marco@openbsd.org.
1.442 deraadt 132: <li>Fast machine with PCIe bus for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mfi&sektion=4">mfi(4)</a> development.
1.522 deraadt 133: Contact marco@openbsd.org.
1.345 deraadt 134: <li>DG AViiON hardware needed in France.
1.522 deraadt 135: Contact miod@openbsd.org.
1.349 uwe 136: <li>Several developers need SDIO (any function) and SD/MMC memory cards.
1.522 deraadt 137: Contact uwe@openbsd.org.
1.496 ckuethe 138: <li>Two CF- and SDIO-attached GPS receiver and devices that provide exact time
1.463 mbalmer 139: information for timedelta sensor related development radio clock in Basel,
1.496 ckuethe 140: Switzerland and Edmonton, Alberta.
141: Contact mbalmer@openbsd.org and ckuethe@openbsd.org.
1.489 ckuethe 142: <li>Two <a href="http://www.bwi.com/prod/572922">MiniPCI GPS Receivers</a>
143: for timedelta sensor related development in Edmonton, Alberta and Basel,
144: Switzerland. The appropriate antenna and MiniPCI-to-PCI adapters would
145: also be useful.
1.522 deraadt 146: Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org and mbalmer@openbsd.org.
1.496 ckuethe 147: <li>Serial attached GPS receivers with pulse-per-second outputs and weather-
148: resistant enclosures in Edmonton, Alberta and Basel, Switzerland.
149: Requested models include Magellan AC12, NovAtel SuperStarII Smart Antenna
1.499 mbalmer 150: and Garmin GPS18/LVC and the Garmin GSP18 5 Hz models.
1.496 ckuethe 151: Contact mbalmer@openbsd.org and ckuethe@openbsd.org.
1.499 mbalmer 152: <li>A high capacity battery for an IBM X40 laptop is needed in Basel,
153: Switzerland; contact mbalmer@openbsd.org.
1.358 bernd 154: <li>A very fast i386 machine (3GHz and up) for ports development and
1.442 deraadt 155: ports testing needed in Hamburg, Germany.
1.522 deraadt 156: Contact bernd@openbsd.org.
1.431 fkr 157: <li>A Vodafone mobile connect 'super 3G' USB modem, an Option GT 3G+ and
158: newer Novatel Wireless HSDPA/UMTS cards (Merlin U730 and U870) needed
1.442 deraadt 159: for driver development in Oldenburg, Germany.
160: Contact fkr@openbsd.org.
1.369 drahn 161: <li>A UPS is needed for multi-architecture infrastructure in Central USA.
1.522 deraadt 162: Contact drahn@openbsd.org.
1.495 dlg 163: <li>An Intel PRO/10GbE CX4 Server Adapter (PXLA8591CX4) needed in Calgary, Canada.
1.522 deraadt 164: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.434 claudio 165: <li>Two UltraSPARC-II 450MHz CPUs and additional RAM for an Enterprise 420R
1.442 deraadt 166: needed in Zurich, Switzerland.
1.522 deraadt 167: Contact claudio@openbsd.org.
1.437 miod 168: <li>Any device (monitor or projector) able to output a 1728x2304 image,
169: sync on green, with either a 13W3 or an HD15 connector needed in Toulouse,
1.442 deraadt 170: France.
171: Contact miod@openbsd.org, short-term loan acceptable.
1.440 tom 172: <li>An amd64 with more than 4 GB RAM for hacking on large memory support
1.442 deraadt 173: in i386 and amd64, needed in London, UK.
174: Contact tom@openbsd.org.
1.455 deanna 175: <li>Any speech synthesizer devices such as DECTalk, DoubleTalk or Dolphin Apollo.
176: Contact deanna@openbsd.org.
1.467 gwk 177: <li>6-pin Firewire devices, especially 3.5" hard disk enclosures, needed in
1.466 fkr 178: Oldenburg, Germany. Contact fkr@openbsd.org.
1.473 kettenis 179: <li>A 1000baseLX SFP and LC to SC single mode fiber-optic cable needed in
180: Assen, the Netherlands.
181: Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
1.475 ray 182: <li>A large LCD monitor needed in New York City, USA.
183: Contact ray@openbsd.org.
1.485 markus 184: <li>A battery and a power supply for an IBM Thinkpad X40 is needed in Munich, Germany.
1.522 deraadt 185: Contact markus@openbsd.org.
1.498 otto 186: <li>GPS receiver with PPS (pulse per second), e.g. Garmin GPS 18 LVC,
187: needed in the Netherlands.
188: Contact otto@openbsd.org.
1.503 robert 189: <li>USB Touchscreens are needed to work on calibration support in
1.522 deraadt 190: Toulouse, France and Budapest, Hungary.
191: Contact matthieu@openbsd.org and robert@openbsd.org.
1.510 saad 192: <li>Zaurus C3000/C3100/C3200 in Illinois. Contact drahn@openbsd.org.
1.509 deraadt 193: <li>Zaurus C3100/C3200 in Calgary. Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.512 ian 194: <li>amd64/opteron Socket 939 x2 CPU in Toronto. Contact ian@openbsd.org.
1.516 mk 195: <li>X60 power supply (schuko plug, preferably) and X60 dock (X6 UltraBase)
1.520 gwk 196: battery in Aalborg, Denmark.
1.516 mk 197: Contact mk@openbsd.org.
1.517 deraadt 198: <li>Ultrasparc III machines (Blade 1000, v210, etc) especially if they are
199: dual-processor, wanted in Europe. Unfortunately not the old slow ones,
200: because they must be less than fridge-sized.
201: Contact art@openbsd.org.
1.520 gwk 202: <li>An X series Thinkpad or similarly sized laptop with enhanced speedstep.
1.522 deraadt 203: needed in Windsor, Ontario.
204: Contact gwk@openbsd.org.
205: <li>Itanium 1U or 2U machines wanted in various places.
206: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.526 drahn 207: <li>PowerBook G4 laptop for testing purposes in Central USA.
1.529 jasper 208: Contact drahn@openbsd.org.
1.527 jasper 209: <li>A SATA-II drive around 300Gb needed in Gorinchem, the Netherlands.
1.529 jasper 210: Contact jasper@openbsd.org.
1.530 deraadt 211: <li>HP J6700/J6750 2U hppa64 machines. Note these are fairly cheap on Ebay
212: at the moment. Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.534 kettenis 213: <li>A hard disk bracket for an HP B1000/B2000/C3xxx machine
214: (with or without disk) needed in Assen, the Netherlands.
215: Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
1.536 deraadt 216: <li>A 1.4GHz or 1.6GHz IBM Thinkpad x40 laptop for Calgary.
217: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.538 grange 218: <li>Silicon Image SiI3114 4 port SATA PCI card.
219: Contact grange@openbsd.org.
1.539 ! weingart 220: <li>AMD64 or EM64T machine with 8GB+ of RAM (or $1700 to buy one) needed
! 221: in Edmonton. Contact weingart@openbsd.org.
1.228 jufi 222: </ul>
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1.438 ray 226: <h2><font color="#e00000">Software wanted</font></h2>
1.404 espie 227: <ul>
1.438 ray 228: <li>Licenses for recent Maple for Linux, or Mathematica, or similar
1.404 espie 229: software. I no longer use these for regular work, but I would be willing
1.438 ray 230: to try and make sure it can be installed seamlessly through the ports
1.404 espie 231: tree.
1.522 deraadt 232: Contact espie@openbsd.org.
1.404 espie 233: </ul>
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