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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>
1.1 deraadt 32: <p>
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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.
1.737 ! jasper 75: <li>A variety of laptops for our ACPI developers working on suspend.
1.653 kevlo 76: </ul>
1.325 deraadt 77: <p>
1.313 jsg 78:
1.670 deraadt 79: <h3><font color="#e00000">Networking equipment</font></h3>
80: <ul>
81: <li>A Cisco 7301 with 1GB of ram and a PA-MCX-2TE1 T1 adaptor or such.
1.682 deraadt 82: <li>or a Cisco HWIC copper ethernet card of some sort.
1.708 jsg 83: <li>A second Intel PRO/10GbE PCIe CX4 Server Adapter (EXPX9502CX4).
1.670 deraadt 84: </ul>
85: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
86: </p>
87:
1.653 kevlo 88: <h3><font color="#e00000">10Gb Ethernet Support</font></h3>
1.518 dlg 89: David Gwynne (in Australia), Reyk Floeter (in Germany), and Claudio Jeker (in
90: Switzerland) are working on support for 10 Gigabit Ethernet devices. These
91: developers would like the following hardware to help development:
92: <ul>
1.547 dlg 93: <li>10GbaseSR XFP modules for use in 10Gb network cards
1.653 kevlo 94: <li>Switches with 10Gb modules for hacking
95: <li>CX4 cabling
1.728 jsg 96: <li>HP X2 transceivers for 3500yl switches, preferrably with SR optics.
1.727 jsg 97: <li>optical cabling with LC connectors (for 10GbaseSR and 10GbaseLR)
1.653 kevlo 98: <li><a href="http://www.neteffect.com/products.html">NetEffect 10Gb NICs</a>
1.518 dlg 99: for driver development
1.653 kevlo 100: </ul>
1.587 reyk 101: Contact dlg@openbsd.org, reyk@openbsd.org, and claudio@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 102: </p>
1.518 dlg 103:
1.737 ! jasper 104: <h3><font color="#e00000">Specific platform requests by specific developers</font></h3>
! 105: <ul>
! 106: <!--
! 107: Please (un)comment the relevant platform for your request.
! 108: -->
! 109:
! 110: <li><i>alpha:</i>
! 111: <ul>
! 112: <li>An I/O board for Force Flexor A264 board, as well as a PCIMG backplane
! 113: with 64-bit PCI slots are needed in France.
! 114: Contact miod@openbsd.org.
! 115: <li>A few memory modules and disk drives for an AlphaServer DS10 needed in
! 116: Asturias, Spain.
! 117: Contact sobrado@openbsd.org.
! 118: </ul>
! 119: <!-- <li><i>amd64:</i> -->
! 120: <!-- <li><i>armish:</i> -->
! 121:
! 122: <li><i>aviion:</i>
! 123: <ul>
! 124: <li>m88k-based DG AViiON hardware needed in France.
! 125: Contact miod@openbsd.org.
! 126: </ul>
! 127:
! 128: <!-- <li><i>hp300:</i> -->
! 129:
! 130: <li><i>hppa:</i>
! 131: <ul>
! 132: <li>A HP C-class workstation (preferably a C240 or C360) wanted in Sydney,
! 133: Australia to help with Portable OpenSSH development. Contact
! 134: dtucker@openbsd.org.
! 135: </ul>
! 136:
! 137: <li><i>hppa64:</i>
! 138: <ul>
! 139: <li>HP J6700/J6750 2U machines. Note these are fairly cheap on Ebay
! 140: at the moment.
! 141: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
! 142: </ul>
! 143:
! 144: <li><i>i386:</i>
! 145: <ul>
! 146: <li>Thinkpad with an
! 147: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=aps&sektion=4"
! 148: >aps(4)</a> accelerometer for
! 149: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mg"
! 150: >mg(1)</a> development in Calgary, AB, Canada. Contact kjell@openbsd.org.
! 151: <li>A 1.4GHz or 1.6GHz IBM Thinkpad x40 laptop for Calgary.
! 152: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
! 153: <li>A IBM/Lenovo X-series laptop (X60 or newer) in Edmonton Alberta, Canada,
! 154: Contact gwk@openbsd.org.
! 155: <li>IBM ThinkPad Dock II (model 2877) with PCI/CardBus/ultrabay slots for a T42
! 156: to work on better hotplug device support, needed in Hannover, Germany.
! 157: Contact jsg@openbsd.org.
! 158: <li>X60 power supply (schuko plug, preferably) and X60 dock (X6 UltraBase)
! 159: battery in Aalborg, Denmark.
! 160: Contact mk@openbsd.org.
! 161: <li>A <a href="http://www.commell.com.tw/Product/SBC/LE-565.HTM">Commmell LE-565</a>
! 162: motherboard is needed in Australia.
! 163: Contact djm@openbsd.org.
! 164: <li>Four Dell R610 (or similar) 2.5" SAS drive sleds.
! 165: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
! 166: </ul>
! 167:
! 168: <!-- <li><i>landisk:</i> -->
! 169: <!-- <li><i>luna88k:</i> -->
! 170: <!-- <li><i>mac68k:</i> -->
! 171:
! 172: <li><i>macppc:</i>
! 173: <ul>
! 174: <li>PowerPC mac mini needed in Heemstede, the Netherlands.
! 175: Contact otto@openbsd.org.
! 176: </ul>
! 177: <!-- <li><i>mvme68k:</i> -->
! 178: <!-- <li><i>mvme88k:</i> -->
! 179: <!-- <li><i>palm:</i> -->
! 180:
! 181: <li><i>sgi:</i>
! 182: <ul>
! 183: <li>An SGI Origin (or Onyx) 300 and
! 184: a Tezro (preferrably the rackmount version) needed in France.
! 185: Contact miod@openbsd.org.
! 186: </ul>
! 187:
! 188: <li><i>socppc:</i>
! 189: <ul>
! 190: <li>A <a href="http://www.thecus.com/products_over.php?cid=12&pid=24&set_language=english">Thecus N1200</a>
! 191: is needed in Australia.
! 192: Contact djm@openbsd.org.
! 193: <li>RouterBOARD RB/600A or RB/1000U.
! 194: Contact jasper@openbsd.org.
! 195: </ul>
! 196:
! 197: <!-- <li><i>solbourne:</i> -->
! 198: <!-- <li><i>sparc:</i> -->
! 199:
! 200: <li><i>sparc64:</i>
1.228 jufi 201: <ul>
1.707 jsg 202: <li>UltraSPARC machine with PCI Express for driver development/sparc64
203: testing in Hannover, Germany.
1.522 deraadt 204: Contact jsg@openbsd.org.
1.737 ! jasper 205: <li>An SBus-based UltraSPARC workstation, preferably a Sun
! 206: Ultra 2, needed in Assen, The Netherlands.
! 207: Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
! 208: </ul>
! 209:
! 210: <!-- <li><i>vax:</i> -->
! 211: <!-- <li><i>zaurus:</i> -->
! 212:
! 213: <li><i>Miscellaneous:</i>
! 214: <ul>
! 215: <li>Itanium 1U or 2U machines wanted in various places.
! 216: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
! 217: <li>Openmoko Freerunner smartphone needed in London, UK for porting work.
! 218: Contact oga@openbsd.org.
! 219: <li>Low profile machine with azalia(4) in France.
! 220: Contact ratchov@openbsd.org.
! 221: </ul>
! 222:
! 223: </ul>
! 224: </p>
! 225:
! 226: <h3><font color="#e00000">Specific cards needed by specific developers</font></h3>
! 227: <ul>
1.707 jsg 228: <li>Unsupported CardBus cards such as
229: <ul>
230: <li>Adaptec SlimSCSI APA-1480 CardBus (aic7860/ahc)
231: <li>DELOCK 61610 PCMCIA CardBus to Wide SCSI U2 (sym53c8xx/siop)
232: <li>Ratoc Systems CB31U/CB32U CardBus (Initio inic-850/adv)
233: <li>Creative Audigy 2 ZS CardBus (emu)
234: <li>Mobility Electronics EasiDock 1000EV CardBus docking station (VGA/Ethernet/PS2/parallel/serial/USB)
235: </ul>
236: to improve support for detachable drivers. Needed in Hannover, Germany.
237: Contact jsg@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 238: <li>An Intel IOP348 based SAS controller (such as the Supermicro AOC-USAS-S4i)
1.606 deraadt 239: to help in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sli&sektion=4">sli(4)</a>
240: development. Needed in Brisbane, Australia.
241: Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.737 ! jasper 242: <li>A <a href="http://www.bwi.com/prod/572922">MiniPCI GPS Receiver</a>
! 243: for timedelta sensor related development in Sunnyvale, USA.
! 244: The appropriate antenna and MiniPCI-to-PCI adapters would also be useful.
! 245: Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
! 246: <li>Newer Novatel Wireless HSDPA/UMTS cards (Merlin U730, U740 and U870)
! 247: as well as any unsupported 3G/UMTS/HSDPA device needed for driver
! 248: development in Oldenburg, Germany.
! 249: Contact fkr@openbsd.org.
! 250: <li>One or Two Marvell Yukon II based ethernet cards needed in France.
! 251: Contact pyr@openbsd.org.
! 252: <li>QLogic ISP10160 SCSI adapter needed in Assen, the Netherlands.
! 253: Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
! 254: <li>A stand-alone PCI network interface card using VIA VT6105M RhineIII
! 255: for portability testing of driver changes needed in Devon, UK.
! 256: RouterBoard RB44 is one such card.
! 257: Contact sthen@openbsd.org.
! 258: <li>Atheros 802.11n devices (AR9160, AR9285, AR9287) needed in France.
! 259: Contact damien@openbsd.org.
! 260: <li>Some kind of Magma 1 (or 3) slot Expresscard->PCIe expansion system, for
! 261: improving our PCI drivers.
! 262: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
! 263: <li>PCI-e QLogic Fiber Channel adapter needed in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
! 264: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
! 265: <li>Sun XVR-300 framebuffer needed in Assen, the Netherlands. Contact
! 266: kettenis@openbsd.org.
! 267: <li>A PCI-E Mini Card to PCI-E 1x adapter
! 268: (like the <a href="http://www.hwtools.net/Adapter/MP2W.html">MP2W from HWtools</a>)
! 269: needed in France.
! 270: Contact damien@openbsd.org.
! 271: </ul>
! 272: </p>
! 273:
! 274: <h3><font color="#e00000">Specific devices and equipment needed by specific developers</font></h3>
! 275: <ul>
! 276: <li>Any MPLS capable equipment for interoperability testing. E.g. Cisco 1841.
! 277: Contact michele@openbsd.org and claudio@openbsd.org.
! 278: <li>Bluetooth devices, especially phones, keyboards, mice, and headsets.
! 279: Contact uwe@openbsd.org and xsa@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 280: <li>Several developers need SDIO (any function) and SD/MMC memory cards.
1.522 deraadt 281: Contact uwe@openbsd.org.
1.724 matthieu 282: <li>A CF- and SDIO-attached GPS receiver and device that provide exact time
283: information for timedelta sensor related development radio clock in
284: Sunnyvale, USA.
285: Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
286: <li>A <a href="http://www.bwi.com/prod/572922">MiniPCI GPS Receiver</a>
287: for timedelta sensor related development in Sunnyvale, USA.
288: The appropriate antenna and MiniPCI-to-PCI adapters would also be useful.
289: Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 290: <li>Serial attached GPS receivers with pulse-per-second outputs and weather-
1.724 matthieu 291: resistant enclosures in Sunnyvale, USA.
1.577 ckuethe 292: Requested models include Magellan AC12, NovAtel SuperStarII Smart Antenna,
293: Motorola OnCore UT+, Motorola/iLotus/Synergy M12M (Timing), SigNav TM3-01,
294: NavSync CW25-TIM.
1.724 matthieu 295: Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 296: <li>CDMA clock (Praecis Ct or similar) in Sunnyvale, USA.
1.586 ckuethe 297: Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 298: <li>Any device (monitor or projector) able to output a 1728x2304 image,
1.578 miod 299: sync on green, with either a 13W3 or an HD15 connector needed in France.
1.442 deraadt 300: Contact miod@openbsd.org, short-term loan acceptable.
1.653 kevlo 301: <li>A Wacom USB or Serial touchpad needed in Hungary for driver developement.
1.548 robert 302: Contact robert@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 303: <li>TI TUSB3140 serial USB adapter in Calgary.
1.569 tobias 304: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 305: <li>A SATA drive around 250Gb for a ProLiant DL145 G2 needed in Hannover, Germany.
1.571 reyk 306: Contact reyk@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 307: <li>Cisco NM-16A or NM-32A Modules to build more console servers are
1.620 claudio 308: welcome in Zurich, Switzerland. Contact claudio@openbsd.org
1.653 kevlo 309: <li>Slide rail kit for Sun v20z needed in Gorinchem, The Netherlands.
1.633 sthen 310: Contact jasper@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 311: <li>Narrow SCSI (50pin) disk drive 4GB or more, 3.5" size
1.637 kurt 312: is needed near New York City, USA.
313: Contact kurt@openbsd.org.
1.710 kettenis 314: <li>Sun StorEdge MultiPack-FC desktop array needed in Assen, The Netherlands.
1.650 kettenis 315: Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
1.685 krw 316: <li>Sun StorEdge MultiPack-FC desktop array needed in Toronto, Canada.
317: Contact krw@openbsd.org.
1.718 deraadt 318: <li>A variety pack of shortish (SPF connectors on at least one end) fibers
319: wanted in Calgary.
320: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 321: </ul>
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1.438 ray 325: <h2><font color="#e00000">Software wanted</font></h2>
1.404 espie 326: <ul>
1.438 ray 327: <li>Licenses for recent Maple for Linux, or Mathematica, or similar
1.404 espie 328: software. I no longer use these for regular work, but I would be willing
1.438 ray 329: to try and make sure it can be installed seamlessly through the ports
1.404 espie 330: tree.
1.522 deraadt 331: Contact espie@openbsd.org.
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