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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>
1.547 dlg 84: <li>10GbaseSR XFP modules for use in 10Gb network cards
1.518 dlg 85: <li>Switches with 10Gb modules for hacking
86: <li>CX4 cabling
1.531 deraadt 87: <li>HP XFP's for 3500yl switches, preferrably with SR optics.
1.518 dlg 88: <li>XFP optical cabling (for 10GbaseSR and 10GbaseLR)
89: <li><a href="http://www.neteffect.com/products.html">NetEffect 10Gb NICs</a>
90: for driver development
91: </ul>
92: Contact dlg@openbsd.org, reyk@openbsd, and claudio@openbsd.org.
93: </p>
94:
1.331 jolan 95: <h3><font color="#e00000">Specific devices needed by specific developers</font></h3>
1.228 jufi 96: <ul>
1.535 uwe 97: <li>Bluetooth devices, especially phones, keyboards, mice, and headsets.
1.549 xsa 98: Contact uwe@openbsd.org and xsa@openbsd.org.
1.389 jsg 99: <li>A PCI bus analyser would be really useful for working on undocumented hardware,
1.506 djm 100: required in Melbourne, Australia.
1.522 deraadt 101: Contact jsg@openbsd.org.
1.436 jsg 102: <li>UltraSPARC III machine with PCI Express for driver development/sparc64
1.506 djm 103: testing in Melbourne, Australia.
1.522 deraadt 104: Contact jsg@openbsd.org.
1.553 jsg 105: <li>Rack mountable UPS in Melbourne, Australia. Contact jsg@openbsd.org.
1.506 djm 106: <li>A battery (slim or extended) for an IBM X40 laptop
107: in Melbourne, Australia. Contact djm@openbsd.org.
1.513 dlg 108: <li>An LSI Logic
109: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.lsil.com/storage_home/products_home/host_bus_adapters/sas_hbas/lsisas3041er/index.html">SAS3041E-R</a>
110: or
111: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.lsil.com/storage_home/products_home/host_bus_adapters/sas_hbas/lsisas3442er/index.html">SAS3442E-R</a>
112: needed in Brisbane, Australia.
1.522 deraadt 113: Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.551 beck 114: <li>A Fibre Channel Copper and Fibre GBICS. in Brisbane Australia,
115: Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
116: <li>Fibre Channel SAN development gear in Brisbane Australia - FC switches, cabling, disks, gbics/sfp's and enclosures so that FC support may be tested - in particular switches are needed from the major switch manufactuerers
1.522 deraadt 117: Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.340 deraadt 118: <li>An amd64 machine needed for RAID development in Brisbane, Australia.
1.442 deraadt 119: Preferably a Sun x4100 or x4200.
1.522 deraadt 120: Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.383 steven 121: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ciss&sektion=4">ciss(4)</a>
1.340 deraadt 122: and
1.383 steven 123: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gdt&sektion=4">gdt(4)</a>
1.340 deraadt 124: RAID cards for bio and bioctl development needed in Austin, Texas, USA.
1.522 deraadt 125: Contact marco@openbsd.org.
1.442 deraadt 126: <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 127: Contact marco@openbsd.org.
1.345 deraadt 128: <li>DG AViiON hardware needed in France.
1.522 deraadt 129: Contact miod@openbsd.org.
1.349 uwe 130: <li>Several developers need SDIO (any function) and SD/MMC memory cards.
1.522 deraadt 131: Contact uwe@openbsd.org.
1.496 ckuethe 132: <li>Two CF- and SDIO-attached GPS receiver and devices that provide exact time
1.463 mbalmer 133: information for timedelta sensor related development radio clock in Basel,
1.496 ckuethe 134: Switzerland and Edmonton, Alberta.
135: Contact mbalmer@openbsd.org and ckuethe@openbsd.org.
1.489 ckuethe 136: <li>Two <a href="http://www.bwi.com/prod/572922">MiniPCI GPS Receivers</a>
137: for timedelta sensor related development in Edmonton, Alberta and Basel,
138: Switzerland. The appropriate antenna and MiniPCI-to-PCI adapters would
139: also be useful.
1.522 deraadt 140: Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org and mbalmer@openbsd.org.
1.496 ckuethe 141: <li>Serial attached GPS receivers with pulse-per-second outputs and weather-
142: resistant enclosures in Edmonton, Alberta and Basel, Switzerland.
143: Requested models include Magellan AC12, NovAtel SuperStarII Smart Antenna
1.499 mbalmer 144: and Garmin GPS18/LVC and the Garmin GSP18 5 Hz models.
1.496 ckuethe 145: Contact mbalmer@openbsd.org and ckuethe@openbsd.org.
1.499 mbalmer 146: <li>A high capacity battery for an IBM X40 laptop is needed in Basel,
147: Switzerland; contact mbalmer@openbsd.org.
1.358 bernd 148: <li>A very fast i386 machine (3GHz and up) for ports development and
1.442 deraadt 149: ports testing needed in Hamburg, Germany.
1.522 deraadt 150: Contact bernd@openbsd.org.
1.431 fkr 151: <li>A Vodafone mobile connect 'super 3G' USB modem, an Option GT 3G+ and
152: newer Novatel Wireless HSDPA/UMTS cards (Merlin U730 and U870) needed
1.442 deraadt 153: for driver development in Oldenburg, Germany.
154: Contact fkr@openbsd.org.
1.369 drahn 155: <li>A UPS is needed for multi-architecture infrastructure in Central USA.
1.522 deraadt 156: Contact drahn@openbsd.org.
1.495 dlg 157: <li>An Intel PRO/10GbE CX4 Server Adapter (PXLA8591CX4) needed in Calgary, Canada.
1.522 deraadt 158: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.437 miod 159: <li>Any device (monitor or projector) able to output a 1728x2304 image,
160: sync on green, with either a 13W3 or an HD15 connector needed in Toulouse,
1.442 deraadt 161: France.
162: Contact miod@openbsd.org, short-term loan acceptable.
1.440 tom 163: <li>An amd64 with more than 4 GB RAM for hacking on large memory support
1.442 deraadt 164: in i386 and amd64, needed in London, UK.
165: Contact tom@openbsd.org.
1.455 deanna 166: <li>Any speech synthesizer devices such as DECTalk, DoubleTalk or Dolphin Apollo.
167: Contact deanna@openbsd.org.
1.467 gwk 168: <li>6-pin Firewire devices, especially 3.5" hard disk enclosures, needed in
1.466 fkr 169: Oldenburg, Germany. Contact fkr@openbsd.org.
1.473 kettenis 170: <li>A 1000baseLX SFP and LC to SC single mode fiber-optic cable needed in
171: Assen, the Netherlands.
172: Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
1.475 ray 173: <li>A large LCD monitor needed in New York City, USA.
174: Contact ray@openbsd.org.
1.485 markus 175: <li>A battery and a power supply for an IBM Thinkpad X40 is needed in Munich, Germany.
1.522 deraadt 176: Contact markus@openbsd.org.
1.548 robert 177: <li>A Wacom USB or Serial touchpad needed in Hungary for driver developement.
178: Contact robert@openbsd.org.
1.510 saad 179: <li>Zaurus C3000/C3100/C3200 in Illinois. Contact drahn@openbsd.org.
1.509 deraadt 180: <li>Zaurus C3100/C3200 in Calgary. Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.512 ian 181: <li>amd64/opteron Socket 939 x2 CPU in Toronto. Contact ian@openbsd.org.
1.516 mk 182: <li>X60 power supply (schuko plug, preferably) and X60 dock (X6 UltraBase)
1.520 gwk 183: battery in Aalborg, Denmark.
1.516 mk 184: Contact mk@openbsd.org.
1.517 deraadt 185: <li>Ultrasparc III machines (Blade 1000, v210, etc) especially if they are
186: dual-processor, wanted in Europe. Unfortunately not the old slow ones,
187: because they must be less than fridge-sized.
188: Contact art@openbsd.org.
1.552 gwk 189: <li>A Thinkpad X60 part number: 1709HDU for enhanced speedstep, and ACPI
190: work needed in Edmonton, Alberta.
1.522 deraadt 191: Contact gwk@openbsd.org.
192: <li>Itanium 1U or 2U machines wanted in various places.
193: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.526 drahn 194: <li>PowerBook G4 laptop for testing purposes in Central USA.
1.529 jasper 195: Contact drahn@openbsd.org.
1.527 jasper 196: <li>A SATA-II drive around 300Gb needed in Gorinchem, the Netherlands.
1.529 jasper 197: Contact jasper@openbsd.org.
1.530 deraadt 198: <li>HP J6700/J6750 2U hppa64 machines. Note these are fairly cheap on Ebay
199: at the moment. Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.536 deraadt 200: <li>A 1.4GHz or 1.6GHz IBM Thinkpad x40 laptop for Calgary.
201: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.539 weingart 202: <li>AMD64 or EM64T machine with 8GB+ of RAM (or $1700 to buy one) needed
203: in Edmonton. Contact weingart@openbsd.org.
1.541 ray 204: <li>A Neo 1973 Advanced Kit needed in New York City, USA.
205: Contact ray@openbsd.org.
1.542 grange 206: <li><a href="http://phidgets.com/products.php?product_id=1053">Phidgets USB
207: accelerometer</a> needed in Russia. Contact grange@openbsd.org.
1.550 aanriot 208: <li>A PCI SCSI controller for alpha (like the NCR 53c875) needed in
209: Marseilles. Contact aanriot@openbsd.org.
1.228 jufi 210: </ul>
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1.438 ray 214: <h2><font color="#e00000">Software wanted</font></h2>
1.404 espie 215: <ul>
1.438 ray 216: <li>Licenses for recent Maple for Linux, or Mathematica, or similar
1.404 espie 217: software. I no longer use these for regular work, but I would be willing
1.438 ray 218: to try and make sure it can be installed seamlessly through the ports
1.404 espie 219: tree.
1.522 deraadt 220: Contact espie@openbsd.org.
1.404 espie 221: </ul>
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