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1.653 kevlo 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.
1.653 kevlo 26: <li>To be part of their development environment
27: <li>Some types of machines may be different in some way
1.325 deraadt 28: (ie. big-endian or unsigned-char) and ensure that developers
29: write code more carefully.
1.653 kevlo 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
1.653 kevlo 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,
1.653 kevlo 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>
1.653 kevlo 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.
1.653 kevlo 52: <li>deraadt@openbsd.org for any general offers or questions.
53: <li>jsg@openbsd.org for any new wireless equipment.
54: </ul>
1.325 deraadt 55: If you do not get a response from these developers, please consider
56: contacting another developer.
1.280 miod 57: <p>
1.1 deraadt 58:
1.653 kevlo 59: <h3><font color="#e00000">General device requirements.</font></h3>
1.325 deraadt 60: We try to spread these types of devices around our development community.
1.313 jsg 61: <ul>
1.494 deraadt 62: <li><em>Narrow SCSI</em> disk drives of 2GB or more, 3.5" size.
63: (Narrow SCSI means 50pin).<br>
64: Many developers are running out of these drives, which are needed
65: to continue supporting older hardware.<br>
1.653 kevlo 66: <li>Laptops. These die often enough that our developers need about 2-3
1.325 deraadt 67: replacements a year.
1.653 kevlo 68: <li>Apple Mac powerpc equipment.
1.670 deraadt 69: <li>HP J6750 machines (J6700 is the second best choice).
1.653 kevlo 70: <li>Faster & smaller sparc64 machines, for instance 1U rack mount machines
71: <li>Any amd64 or faster i386 hardware which comes available.
72: <li>We generally do not need older and "very common" ISA/PCI equipment, since
1.325 deraadt 73: our developers will generally have gotten their hands on these in the
74: past.
1.653 kevlo 75: </ul>
1.325 deraadt 76: <p>
1.313 jsg 77:
1.670 deraadt 78: <h3><font color="#e00000">Networking equipment</font></h3>
79: <ul>
80: <li>A Cisco 7301 with 1GB of ram and a PA-MCX-2TE1 T1 adaptor or such.
1.682 deraadt 81: <li>or a Cisco HWIC copper ethernet card of some sort.
1.708 jsg 82: <li>A second Intel PRO/10GbE PCIe CX4 Server Adapter (EXPX9502CX4).
1.670 deraadt 83: </ul>
84: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
85: </p>
86:
1.653 kevlo 87: <h3><font color="#e00000">10Gb Ethernet Support</font></h3>
1.518 dlg 88: David Gwynne (in Australia), Reyk Floeter (in Germany), and Claudio Jeker (in
89: Switzerland) are working on support for 10 Gigabit Ethernet devices. These
90: developers would like the following hardware to help development:
91: <ul>
1.547 dlg 92: <li>10GbaseSR XFP modules for use in 10Gb network cards
1.653 kevlo 93: <li>Switches with 10Gb modules for hacking
94: <li>CX4 cabling
95: <li>HP XFP's for 3500yl switches, preferrably with SR optics.
96: <li>XFP optical cabling (for 10GbaseSR and 10GbaseLR)
97: <li><a href="http://www.neteffect.com/products.html">NetEffect 10Gb NICs</a>
1.518 dlg 98: for driver development
1.653 kevlo 99: </ul>
1.587 reyk 100: Contact dlg@openbsd.org, reyk@openbsd.org, and claudio@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 101: </p>
1.518 dlg 102:
1.331 jolan 103: <h3><font color="#e00000">Specific devices needed by specific developers</font></h3>
1.228 jufi 104: <ul>
1.635 michele 105: <li>Any MPLS capable equipment for interoperability testing. E.g. Cisco 1841.
106: Contact michele@openbsd.org and claudio@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 107: <li>Bluetooth devices, especially phones, keyboards, mice, and headsets.
1.549 xsa 108: Contact uwe@openbsd.org and xsa@openbsd.org.
1.707 jsg 109: <li>UltraSPARC machine with PCI Express for driver development/sparc64
110: testing in Hannover, Germany.
1.522 deraadt 111: Contact jsg@openbsd.org.
1.707 jsg 112: <li>Unsupported CardBus cards such as
113: <ul>
114: <li>Adaptec SlimSCSI APA-1480 CardBus (aic7860/ahc)
115: <li>DELOCK 61610 PCMCIA CardBus to Wide SCSI U2 (sym53c8xx/siop)
116: <li>Ratoc Systems CB31U/CB32U CardBus (Initio inic-850/adv)
117: <li>Creative Audigy 2 ZS CardBus (emu)
118: <li>Village Tronic VTBook CardBus VGA (Trident XP2/trident)
119: <li>Mobility Electronics EasiDock 1000EV CardBus docking station (VGA/Ethernet/PS2/parallel/serial/USB)
120: </ul>
121: to improve support for detachable drivers. Needed in Hannover, Germany.
122: Contact jsg@openbsd.org.
123: <li>IBM ThinkPad Dock II (model 2877) with PCI/CardBus/ultrabay slots for a T42
124: to work on better hotplug device support, needed in Hannover, Germany.
1.568 deraadt 125: Contact jsg@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 126: <li>An Intel IOP348 based SAS controller (such as the Supermicro AOC-USAS-S4i)
1.606 deraadt 127: to help in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sli&sektion=4">sli(4)</a>
128: development. Needed in Brisbane, Australia.
129: Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 130: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ciss&sektion=4">ciss(4)</a>
1.340 deraadt 131: and
1.383 steven 132: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gdt&sektion=4">gdt(4)</a>
1.340 deraadt 133: RAID cards for bio and bioctl development needed in Austin, Texas, USA.
1.522 deraadt 134: Contact marco@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 135: <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 136: Contact marco@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 137: <li>m88k-based DG AViiON hardware needed in France.
1.522 deraadt 138: Contact miod@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 139: <li>Several developers need SDIO (any function) and SD/MMC memory cards.
1.522 deraadt 140: Contact uwe@openbsd.org.
1.724 matthieu 141: <li>A CF- and SDIO-attached GPS receiver and device that provide exact time
142: information for timedelta sensor related development radio clock in
143: Sunnyvale, USA.
144: Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
145: <li>A <a href="http://www.bwi.com/prod/572922">MiniPCI GPS Receiver</a>
146: for timedelta sensor related development in Sunnyvale, USA.
147: The appropriate antenna and MiniPCI-to-PCI adapters would also be useful.
148: Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 149: <li>Serial attached GPS receivers with pulse-per-second outputs and weather-
1.724 matthieu 150: resistant enclosures in Sunnyvale, USA.
1.577 ckuethe 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.
1.724 matthieu 154: Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 155: <li>CDMA clock (Praecis Ct or similar) in Sunnyvale, USA.
1.586 ckuethe 156: Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 157: <li>Newer Novatel Wireless HSDPA/UMTS cards (Merlin U730, U740 and U870)
1.557 fkr 158: as well as any unsupported 3G/UMTS/HSDPA device needed for driver
159: development in Oldenburg, Germany.
1.442 deraadt 160: Contact fkr@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 161: <li>Any device (monitor or projector) able to output a 1728x2304 image,
1.578 miod 162: sync on green, with either a 13W3 or an HD15 connector needed in France.
1.442 deraadt 163: Contact miod@openbsd.org, short-term loan acceptable.
1.653 kevlo 164: <li>A battery and a power supply for an IBM Thinkpad X40 is needed in Munich, Germany.
1.522 deraadt 165: Contact markus@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 166: <li>A Wacom USB or Serial touchpad needed in Hungary for driver developement.
1.548 robert 167: Contact robert@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 168: <li>Zaurus C3000/C3100/C3200 in Illinois.
1.568 deraadt 169: Contact drahn@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 170: <li>X60 power supply (schuko plug, preferably) and X60 dock (X6 UltraBase)
1.520 gwk 171: battery in Aalborg, Denmark.
1.516 mk 172: Contact mk@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 173: <li>Ultrasparc III machines (Blade 1000, v210, etc) especially if they are
1.517 deraadt 174: dual-processor, wanted in Europe. Unfortunately not the old slow ones,
175: because they must be less than fridge-sized.
176: Contact art@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 177: <li>Itanium 1U or 2U machines wanted in various places.
1.522 deraadt 178: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 179: <li>PowerBook G4 laptop for testing purposes in Central USA.
1.529 jasper 180: Contact drahn@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 181: <li>HP J6700/J6750 2U hppa64 machines. Note these are fairly cheap on Ebay
1.568 deraadt 182: at the moment.
183: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 184: <li>A 1.4GHz or 1.6GHz IBM Thinkpad x40 laptop for Calgary.
1.536 deraadt 185: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 186: <li>One or Two Marvell Yukon II based ethernet cards needed in France.
1.564 jasper 187: Contact pyr@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 188: <li>PowerPC mac mini needed in Heemstede, the Netherlands.
1.569 tobias 189: Contact otto@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 190: <li>TI TUSB3140 serial USB adapter in Calgary.
1.569 tobias 191: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 192: <li>A SATA drive around 250Gb for a ProLiant DL145 G2 needed in Hannover, Germany.
1.571 reyk 193: Contact reyk@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 194: <li>Low profile machine with azalia(4) in France.
1.595 ratchov 195: Contact ratchov@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 196: <li>Thinkpad with an
197: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=aps&sektion=4"
198: >aps(4)</a> accelerometer for
199: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mg"
200: >mg(1)</a> development in Calgary, AB, Canada. Contact kjell@openbsd.org.
201: <li>A HP C-class workstation (preferably a C240 or C360) wanted in Sydney,
1.610 dtucker 202: Australia to help with Portable OpenSSH development. Contact
203: dtucker@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 204: <li>Cisco NM-16A or NM-32A Modules to build more console servers are
1.620 claudio 205: welcome in Zurich, Switzerland. Contact claudio@openbsd.org
1.653 kevlo 206: <li>Slide rail kit for Sun v20z needed in Gorinchem, The Netherlands.
1.633 sthen 207: Contact jasper@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 208: <li>An I/O board for Force Flexor A264 board, as well as a PCIMG backplane
1.632 miod 209: with 64-bit PCI slots are needed in France.
210: Contact miod@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 211: <li>A <a href="http://www.thecus.com/products_over.php?cid=12&pid=24&set_language=english">Thecus N1200</a>
1.634 djm 212: is needed in Australia.
213: Contact djm@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 214: <li>A <a href="http://www.commell.com.tw/Product/SBC/LE-565.HTM">Commmell LE-565</a>
1.634 djm 215: motherboard is needed in Australia.
216: Contact djm@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 217: <li>Narrow SCSI (50pin) disk drive 4GB or more, 3.5" size
1.637 kurt 218: is needed near New York City, USA.
219: Contact kurt@openbsd.org.
1.670 deraadt 220: <li>QLogic ISP10160 SCSI adapter needed in Assen, the Netherlands.
221: Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 222: <li>An SBus-based UltraSPARC (sparc64) workstation, preferably a Sun
1.643 kettenis 223: Ultra 2, needed in Assen, The Netherlands.
224: Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
1.710 kettenis 225: <li>Sun StorEdge MultiPack-FC desktop array needed in Assen, The Netherlands.
1.650 kettenis 226: Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
1.685 krw 227: <li>Sun StorEdge MultiPack-FC desktop array needed in Toronto, Canada.
228: Contact krw@openbsd.org.
1.654 todd 229: <li>Serial cables for Apple Powerpc G4 based towers, would greatly assist
230: debugging. These are rare and hard to find. One manufacturer was
231: <a href="http://www.geethree.com/stealth/index.html">geethree.com</a>.
232: Contact drahn@openbsd.org or todd@openbsd.org.
1.679 oga 233: <li>Openmoko Freerunner smartphone needed in London, UK for porting work.
234: Contact oga@openbsd.org.
1.686 sthen 235: <li>A stand-alone PCI network interface card using VIA VT6105M RhineIII
236: for portability testing of driver changes needed in Devon, UK.
237: RouterBoard RB44 is one such card.
238: Contact sthen@openbsd.org.
1.687 sobrado 239: <li>A few memory modules and disk drives for an AlphaServer DS10 needed in
240: Asturias, Spain.
1.688 sobrado 241: Contact sobrado@openbsd.org.
1.715 miod 242: <li>An SGI Origin (or Onyx) 300 and either an Origin (or Onyx) 350 or
1.689 miod 243: a Tezro (preferrably the rackmount version) needed in France.
244: Contact miod@openbsd.org.
1.720 damien 245: <li>Atheros 802.11n devices (AR9160, AR9285, AR9287) needed in France.
1.694 damien 246: Contact damien@openbsd.org.
1.697 deraadt 247: <li>A variety of laptops for our ACPI developers working on suspend.
248: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.700 deraadt 249: <li>Some kind of Magma 1 (or 3) slot Expresscard->PCI expansion system, for
250: improving our PCI drivers.
1.701 gwk 251: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
252: <li>A IBM/Lenovo X-series laptop (X60 or newer) in Edmonton Alberta, Canada,
253: Contact gwk@openbsd.org.
1.706 deraadt 254: <li>PCI-e QLogic Fiber Channel adapter needed in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
255: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.718 deraadt 256: <li>A variety pack of shortish (SPF connectors on at least one end) fibers
257: wanted in Calgary.
258: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.709 deraadt 259: <li>HPPA laptop wanted in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
260: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.716 kettenis 261: <li>Sun Elite 3D card (vertical variant that fits into a Blade 1000
262: workstation) needed in Assen, the Netherlands. Contact
263: kettenis@openbsd.org.
1.717 deraadt 264: <li>Four Dell R610 (or similar) 2.5" SAS drive sleds.
265: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.720 damien 266: <li>A PCI-E Mini Card to PCI-E 1x adapter
267: (like the <a href="http://www.hwtools.net/Adapter/MP2W.html">MP2W from HWtools</a>)
268: needed in France.
269: Contact damien@openbsd.org.
1.721 jasper 270: <li>RouterBOARD RB/600A or RB/1000U.
271: Contact jasper@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 272: </ul>
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1.438 ray 276: <h2><font color="#e00000">Software wanted</font></h2>
1.404 espie 277: <ul>
1.438 ray 278: <li>Licenses for recent Maple for Linux, or Mathematica, or similar
1.404 espie 279: software. I no longer use these for regular work, but I would be willing
1.438 ray 280: to try and make sure it can be installed seamlessly through the ports
1.404 espie 281: tree.
1.522 deraadt 282: Contact espie@openbsd.org.
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