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1.20      mickey      4: <title>OpenBSD: Hardware Wanted</title>
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1.228     jufi       18: <h2><font color="#e00000">Hardware wanted</font></h2>
                     19: <hr>
1.1       deraadt    20:
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>
1.1       deraadt    32: <p>
                     33:
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.
1.1       deraadt    46:
1.90      deraadt    47: <hr>
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 &amp; 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>
1.587     reyk       92: Contact dlg@openbsd.org, reyk@openbsd.org, and claudio@openbsd.org.
1.518     dlg        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.
1.436     jsg        99: <li>UltraSPARC III machine with PCI Express for driver development/sparc64
1.506     djm       100:     testing in Melbourne, Australia.
1.522     deraadt   101:     Contact jsg@openbsd.org.
1.568     deraadt   102: <li>Rack mountable UPS in Melbourne, Australia.
                    103:     Contact jsg@openbsd.org.
1.600     dlg       104: <li>An Intel IOP348 based SAS controller (such as the Supermicro AOC-USAS-S4i)
1.606     deraadt   105:     to help in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sli&amp;sektion=4">sli(4)</a>
                    106:     development. Needed in Brisbane, Australia.
                    107:     Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.383     steven    108: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ciss&amp;sektion=4">ciss(4)</a>
1.340     deraadt   109:     and
1.383     steven    110:     <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gdt&amp;sektion=4">gdt(4)</a>
1.340     deraadt   111:     RAID cards for bio and bioctl development needed in Austin, Texas, USA.
1.522     deraadt   112:     Contact marco@openbsd.org.
1.442     deraadt   113: <li>Fast machine with PCIe bus for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mfi&amp;sektion=4">mfi(4)</a> development.
1.522     deraadt   114:     Contact marco@openbsd.org.
1.578     miod      115: <li>m88k-based DG AViiON hardware needed in France.
1.522     deraadt   116:     Contact miod@openbsd.org.
1.349     uwe       117: <li>Several developers need SDIO (any function) and SD/MMC memory cards.
1.522     deraadt   118:     Contact uwe@openbsd.org.
1.496     ckuethe   119: <li>Two CF- and SDIO-attached GPS receiver and devices that provide exact time
1.463     mbalmer   120:     information for timedelta sensor related development radio clock in Basel,
1.605     ckuethe   121:     Switzerland and Sunnyvale, USA.
1.496     ckuethe   122:     Contact mbalmer@openbsd.org and ckuethe@openbsd.org.
1.489     ckuethe   123: <li>Two <a href="http://www.bwi.com/prod/572922">MiniPCI GPS Receivers</a>
1.577     ckuethe   124:     for timedelta sensor related development in Sunnyvale, USA and Basel,
1.489     ckuethe   125:     Switzerland. The appropriate antenna and MiniPCI-to-PCI adapters would
                    126:     also be useful.
1.522     deraadt   127:     Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org and mbalmer@openbsd.org.
1.496     ckuethe   128: <li>Serial attached GPS receivers with pulse-per-second outputs and weather-
1.577     ckuethe   129:     resistant enclosures in Sunnyvale, USA and Basel, Switzerland.
                    130:     Requested models include Magellan AC12, NovAtel SuperStarII Smart Antenna,
                    131:     Motorola OnCore UT+, Motorola/iLotus/Synergy M12M (Timing), SigNav TM3-01,
                    132:     NavSync CW25-TIM.
1.496     ckuethe   133:     Contact mbalmer@openbsd.org and ckuethe@openbsd.org.
1.586     ckuethe   134: <li>CDMA clock (Praecis Ct or similar) in Sunnyvale, USA.
                    135:     Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
1.557     fkr       136: <li>Newer Novatel Wireless HSDPA/UMTS cards (Merlin U730, U740 and U870)
                    137:     as well as any unsupported 3G/UMTS/HSDPA device needed for driver
                    138:     development in Oldenburg, Germany.
1.442     deraadt   139:     Contact fkr@openbsd.org.
1.495     dlg       140: <li>An Intel PRO/10GbE CX4 Server Adapter (PXLA8591CX4) needed in Calgary, Canada.
1.522     deraadt   141:     Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.437     miod      142: <li>Any device (monitor or projector) able to output a 1728x2304 image,
1.578     miod      143:     sync on green, with either a 13W3 or an HD15 connector needed in France.
1.442     deraadt   144:     Contact miod@openbsd.org, short-term loan acceptable.
1.440     tom       145: <li>An amd64 with more than 4 GB RAM for hacking on large memory support
1.442     deraadt   146:     in i386 and amd64, needed in London, UK.
                    147:     Contact tom@openbsd.org.
1.473     kettenis  148: <li>A 1000baseLX SFP and LC to SC single mode fiber-optic cable needed in
                    149:     Assen, the Netherlands.
                    150:     Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
1.475     ray       151: <li>A large LCD monitor needed in New York City, USA.
                    152:     Contact ray@openbsd.org.
1.485     markus    153: <li>A battery and a power supply for an IBM Thinkpad X40 is needed in Munich, Germany.
1.522     deraadt   154:     Contact markus@openbsd.org.
1.548     robert    155: <li>A Wacom USB or Serial touchpad needed in Hungary for driver developement.
                    156:     Contact robert@openbsd.org.
1.568     deraadt   157: <li>Zaurus C3000/C3100/C3200 in Illinois.
                    158:     Contact drahn@openbsd.org.
1.516     mk        159: <li>X60 power supply (schuko plug, preferably) and X60 dock (X6 UltraBase)
1.520     gwk       160:     battery in Aalborg, Denmark.
1.516     mk        161:     Contact mk@openbsd.org.
1.517     deraadt   162: <li>Ultrasparc III machines (Blade 1000, v210, etc) especially if they are
                    163:     dual-processor, wanted in Europe.  Unfortunately not the old slow ones,
                    164:     because they must be less than fridge-sized.
                    165:     Contact art@openbsd.org.
1.522     deraadt   166: <li>Itanium 1U or 2U machines wanted in various places.
                    167:     Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.526     drahn     168: <li>PowerBook G4 laptop for testing purposes in Central USA.
1.529     jasper    169:     Contact drahn@openbsd.org.
1.530     deraadt   170: <li>HP J6700/J6750 2U hppa64 machines.  Note these are fairly cheap on Ebay
1.568     deraadt   171:     at the moment.
                    172:     Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.536     deraadt   173: <li>A 1.4GHz or 1.6GHz IBM Thinkpad x40 laptop for Calgary.
                    174:     Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.539     weingart  175: <li>AMD64 or EM64T machine with 8GB+ of RAM (or $1700 to buy one) needed
1.568     deraadt   176:     in Edmonton.
                    177:     Contact weingart@openbsd.org.
1.542     grange    178: <li><a href="http://phidgets.com/products.php?product_id=1053">Phidgets USB
1.568     deraadt   179:     accelerometer</a> needed in Russia.
                    180:     Contact grange@openbsd.org.
1.556     pyr       181: <li>One or Two Marvell Yukon II based ethernet cards needed in France.
1.564     jasper    182:     Contact pyr@openbsd.org.
1.565     otto      183: <li>PowerPC mac mini needed in Heemstede, the Netherlands.
1.569     tobias    184:     Contact otto@openbsd.org.
1.566     deraadt   185: <li>TI TUSB3140 serial USB adapter in Calgary.
1.569     tobias    186:     Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.571     reyk      187: <li>A SATA drive around 250Gb for a ProLiant DL145 G2 needed in Hannover, Germany.
                    188:     Contact reyk@openbsd.org.
1.574     kettenis  189: <li>A low profile PCIe bge(4) needed in Assen, the Netherlands.
                    190:     Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
1.581     matthieu  191: <li>A VTBook DVI PC-Card needed in France. Contact matthieu@openbsd.org.
1.591     robert    192: <li>A FC-AL disk drive between 35Gb and 73Gb for a Sun Blade 2000 needed in Budapest, Hungary.
                    193:     Contact robert@openbsd.org.
1.594     jsing     194: <li>An ASUS Eee PC needed in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.
                    195:     Contact jsing@openbsd.org.
1.595     ratchov   196: <li>Low profile machine with azalia(4) in France.
                    197:     Contact ratchov@openbsd.org.
1.596     ratchov   198: <li><a href="http://www.esi-audio.com/products/julia/">esi julia</a>
                    199:     audio interface (or possibly other Envy24HT based card) in France.
                    200:     Contact ratchov@openbsd.org
1.598     kettenis  201: <li>QLogic ISP10160 SCSI adapter needed in Assen, the Netherlands.
1.597     kettenis  202:     Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
1.603     jsing     203: <li>Hardware with an Attansic L1 Ethernet controller (most likely in the form of
                    204:     an ASUS mainboard and appropriate CPU) needed in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.
                    205:     Contact jsing@openbsd.org.
1.608     kjell     206: <li>Thinkpad with an
                    207:      <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=aps&sektion=4"
                    208:      >aps(4)</a> accelerometer for
                    209:      <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mg"
                    210:      >mg(1)</a> development in Calgary, AB, Canada. Contact kjell@openbsd.org.
1.610     dtucker   211: <li>A HP C-class workstation (preferably a C240 or C360) wanted in Sydney,
                    212:     Australia to help with Portable OpenSSH development.  Contact
                    213:     dtucker@openbsd.org.
1.611     miod      214: <li>A 21264-based Alpha machine, preferrably small size (such as a DS10L,
                    215:     CS20/DS20L or UP1100) needed in France.  Contact miod@openbsd.org.
1.616     sobrado   216: <li>Memory modules and a few StorageWorks drives for two AlphaServer 1200
                    217:     needed in Spain.  Contact sobrado@openbsd.org.
1.620     claudio   218: <li>Cisco NM-16A or NM-32A Modules to build more console servers are
                    219:     welcome in Zurich, Switzerland. Contact claudio@openbsd.org
1.619     jasper    220: <li>Various USB (wireless) devices to confirm/fix their working on OpenBSD/sgi,
                    221:     needed in Gorinchem, The Netherlands. Contact jasper@openbsd.org.
1.622     drahn     222: <li>Serial concentrator/console hardware, (too many consoles, not enough
                    223:     ports) in Illinois, USA.
                    224:     Contact drahn@openbsd.org.
1.625     brad      225: <li>Two Netgear GS108T Gigabit Ethernet switches needed in Toronto, Canada.
                    226:     Contact brad@openbsd.org.
1.628   ! jasper    227: <li>Three slide rail kits for Sun v20z needed in Paris, France, Ottery St Mary,
        !           228:     Great Britain and Gorinchem, The Netherlands.
        !           229:     Contact ajacoutot@openbsd.org (FR), sthen@openbsd.org (UK) or
        !           230:     jasper@openbsd.org (NL).
1.228     jufi      231: </ul>
1.159     fgsch     232: <p>
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1.1       deraadt   234: <hr>
1.438     ray       235: <h2><font color="#e00000">Software wanted</font></h2>
1.404     espie     236: <ul>
1.438     ray       237: <li>Licenses for recent Maple for Linux, or Mathematica, or similar
1.404     espie     238:     software. I no longer use these for regular work, but I would be willing
1.438     ray       239:     to try and make sure it can be installed seamlessly through the ports
1.404     espie     240:     tree.
1.522     deraadt   241:     Contact espie@openbsd.org.
1.404     espie     242: </ul>
                    243: <p>
1.576     weingart  244:
                    245: <hr>
                    246: <h2><font color="#e00000">Documentation wanted</font></h2>
                    247: <ul>
                    248: <li>Two copies of <a href="http://www.intel.com/intelpress/sum_efi.htm">Beyond
                    249: Bios</a>.  Contact weingart@openbsd.org.
                    250: </ul>
                    251: <p>
                    252:
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