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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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1.331 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.
1.570 jsg 102: <li>ExpressCard Agere ET1310 Ethernet so detach can be written/tested for
103: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=et&sektion=4">et(4)</a>,
104: required in Melbourne, Australia.
105: Contact jsg@openbsd.org.
1.436 jsg 106: <li>UltraSPARC III machine with PCI Express for driver development/sparc64
1.506 djm 107: testing in Melbourne, Australia.
1.522 deraadt 108: Contact jsg@openbsd.org.
1.568 deraadt 109: <li>Rack mountable UPS in Melbourne, Australia.
110: Contact jsg@openbsd.org.
1.506 djm 111: <li>A battery (slim or extended) for an IBM X40 laptop
1.568 deraadt 112: in Melbourne, Australia.
113: Contact djm@openbsd.org.
1.513 dlg 114: <li>An LSI Logic
115: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.lsil.com/storage_home/products_home/host_bus_adapters/sas_hbas/lsisas3041er/index.html">SAS3041E-R</a>
116: or
117: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.lsil.com/storage_home/products_home/host_bus_adapters/sas_hbas/lsisas3442er/index.html">SAS3442E-R</a>
118: needed in Brisbane, Australia.
1.522 deraadt 119: Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.551 beck 120: <li>A Fibre Channel Copper and Fibre GBICS. in Brisbane Australia,
121: Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.555 jolan 122: <li>Fibre Channel SAN development gear in Brisbane Australia - FC switches,
123: cabling, disks, gbics/sfp's and enclosures so that FC support may be tested -
124: in particular switches are needed from the major switch manufacturers.
1.522 deraadt 125: Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.340 deraadt 126: <li>An amd64 machine needed for RAID development in Brisbane, Australia.
1.442 deraadt 127: Preferably a Sun x4100 or x4200.
1.522 deraadt 128: Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.383 steven 129: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ciss&sektion=4">ciss(4)</a>
1.340 deraadt 130: and
1.383 steven 131: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gdt&sektion=4">gdt(4)</a>
1.340 deraadt 132: RAID cards for bio and bioctl development needed in Austin, Texas, USA.
1.522 deraadt 133: Contact marco@openbsd.org.
1.442 deraadt 134: <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 135: Contact marco@openbsd.org.
1.578 miod 136: <li>m88k-based DG AViiON hardware needed in France.
1.522 deraadt 137: Contact miod@openbsd.org.
1.349 uwe 138: <li>Several developers need SDIO (any function) and SD/MMC memory cards.
1.522 deraadt 139: Contact uwe@openbsd.org.
1.496 ckuethe 140: <li>Two CF- and SDIO-attached GPS receiver and devices that provide exact time
1.463 mbalmer 141: information for timedelta sensor related development radio clock in Basel,
1.496 ckuethe 142: Switzerland and Edmonton, Alberta.
143: Contact mbalmer@openbsd.org and ckuethe@openbsd.org.
1.489 ckuethe 144: <li>Two <a href="http://www.bwi.com/prod/572922">MiniPCI GPS Receivers</a>
1.577 ckuethe 145: for timedelta sensor related development in Sunnyvale, USA and Basel,
1.489 ckuethe 146: Switzerland. The appropriate antenna and MiniPCI-to-PCI adapters would
147: also be useful.
1.522 deraadt 148: Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org and mbalmer@openbsd.org.
1.496 ckuethe 149: <li>Serial attached GPS receivers with pulse-per-second outputs and weather-
1.577 ckuethe 150: resistant enclosures in Sunnyvale, USA and Basel, Switzerland.
151: Requested models include Magellan AC12, NovAtel SuperStarII Smart Antenna,
152: Motorola OnCore UT+, Motorola/iLotus/Synergy M12M (Timing), SigNav TM3-01,
153: NavSync CW25-TIM.
1.496 ckuethe 154: Contact mbalmer@openbsd.org and ckuethe@openbsd.org.
1.358 bernd 155: <li>A very fast i386 machine (3GHz and up) for ports development and
1.442 deraadt 156: ports testing needed in Hamburg, Germany.
1.522 deraadt 157: Contact bernd@openbsd.org.
1.557 fkr 158: <li>Newer Novatel Wireless HSDPA/UMTS cards (Merlin U730, U740 and U870)
159: as well as any unsupported 3G/UMTS/HSDPA device needed for driver
160: development in Oldenburg, Germany.
1.442 deraadt 161: Contact fkr@openbsd.org.
1.369 drahn 162: <li>A UPS is needed for multi-architecture infrastructure in Central USA.
1.522 deraadt 163: Contact drahn@openbsd.org.
1.495 dlg 164: <li>An Intel PRO/10GbE CX4 Server Adapter (PXLA8591CX4) needed in Calgary, Canada.
1.522 deraadt 165: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.437 miod 166: <li>Any device (monitor or projector) able to output a 1728x2304 image,
1.578 miod 167: sync on green, with either a 13W3 or an HD15 connector needed in France.
1.442 deraadt 168: Contact miod@openbsd.org, short-term loan acceptable.
1.440 tom 169: <li>An amd64 with more than 4 GB RAM for hacking on large memory support
1.442 deraadt 170: in i386 and amd64, needed in London, UK.
171: Contact tom@openbsd.org.
1.473 kettenis 172: <li>A 1000baseLX SFP and LC to SC single mode fiber-optic cable needed in
173: Assen, the Netherlands.
174: Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
1.475 ray 175: <li>A large LCD monitor needed in New York City, USA.
176: Contact ray@openbsd.org.
1.485 markus 177: <li>A battery and a power supply for an IBM Thinkpad X40 is needed in Munich, Germany.
1.522 deraadt 178: Contact markus@openbsd.org.
1.548 robert 179: <li>A Wacom USB or Serial touchpad needed in Hungary for driver developement.
180: Contact robert@openbsd.org.
1.568 deraadt 181: <li>Zaurus C3000/C3100/C3200 in Illinois.
182: Contact drahn@openbsd.org.
183: <li>Zaurus C3100/C3200 in Calgary.
184: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.516 mk 185: <li>X60 power supply (schuko plug, preferably) and X60 dock (X6 UltraBase)
1.520 gwk 186: battery in Aalborg, Denmark.
1.516 mk 187: Contact mk@openbsd.org.
1.517 deraadt 188: <li>Ultrasparc III machines (Blade 1000, v210, etc) especially if they are
189: dual-processor, wanted in Europe. Unfortunately not the old slow ones,
190: because they must be less than fridge-sized.
191: Contact art@openbsd.org.
1.522 deraadt 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
1.568 deraadt 199: at the moment.
200: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.536 deraadt 201: <li>A 1.4GHz or 1.6GHz IBM Thinkpad x40 laptop for Calgary.
202: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.539 weingart 203: <li>AMD64 or EM64T machine with 8GB+ of RAM (or $1700 to buy one) needed
1.568 deraadt 204: in Edmonton.
205: Contact weingart@openbsd.org.
1.542 grange 206: <li><a href="http://phidgets.com/products.php?product_id=1053">Phidgets USB
1.568 deraadt 207: accelerometer</a> needed in Russia.
208: Contact grange@openbsd.org.
1.556 pyr 209: <li>One or Two Marvell Yukon II based ethernet cards needed in France.
1.564 jasper 210: Contact pyr@openbsd.org.
1.560 kurt 211: <li>35u 19" Server Rack / Cabinet needed in New York City area, USA.
1.564 jasper 212: Contact kurt@openbsd.org.
1.565 otto 213: <li>PowerPC mac mini needed in Heemstede, the Netherlands.
1.569 tobias 214: Contact otto@openbsd.org.
1.566 deraadt 215: <li>TI TUSB3140 serial USB adapter in Calgary.
1.569 tobias 216: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.571 reyk 217: <li>A SATA drive around 250Gb for a ProLiant DL145 G2 needed in Hannover, Germany.
218: Contact reyk@openbsd.org.
1.574 kettenis 219: <li>A low profile PCIe bge(4) needed in Assen, the Netherlands.
220: Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
221: <li>A low profile PCIe em(4) needed in Assen, the Netherlands.
222: Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
1.578 miod 223: <li>A Silicon Graphics Origin 200 machine needed in France.
224: Contact miod@openbsd.org.
1.579 jasper 225: <li>A hard drive and bracket for SGI Octane needed in Gorinchem, the Netherlands.
226: Contact jasper@openbsd.org.
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1.438 ray 231: <h2><font color="#e00000">Software wanted</font></h2>
1.404 espie 232: <ul>
1.438 ray 233: <li>Licenses for recent Maple for Linux, or Mathematica, or similar
1.404 espie 234: software. I no longer use these for regular work, but I would be willing
1.438 ray 235: to try and make sure it can be installed seamlessly through the ports
1.404 espie 236: tree.
1.522 deraadt 237: Contact espie@openbsd.org.
1.404 espie 238: </ul>
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1.576 weingart 240:
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242: <h2><font color="#e00000">Documentation wanted</font></h2>
243: <ul>
244: <li>Two copies of <a href="http://www.intel.com/intelpress/sum_efi.htm">Beyond
245: Bios</a>. Contact weingart@openbsd.org.
246: </ul>
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