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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
1.741 sobrado 28: (i.e. big-endian or unsigned-char) and ensure that developers
1.325 deraadt 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>
33:
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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1.653 kevlo 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.
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:
1.741 sobrado 104: <h3><font color="#e00000">Specific platform requests by our developers</font></h3>
1.737 jasper 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: <li><i>aviion:</i>
122: <ul>
123: <li>m88k-based DG AViiON hardware needed in France.
124: Contact miod@openbsd.org.
125: </ul>
126: <!-- <li><i>hp300:</i> -->
1.742 dtucker 127: <!-- <li><i>hppa:</i> -->
1.737 jasper 128: <li><i>hppa64:</i>
129: <ul>
130: <li>HP J6700/J6750 2U machines. Note these are fairly cheap on Ebay
131: at the moment.
132: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
133: </ul>
134: <li><i>i386:</i>
135: <ul>
136: <li>Thinkpad with an
137: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=aps&sektion=4"
138: >aps(4)</a> accelerometer for
139: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mg"
140: >mg(1)</a> development in Calgary, AB, Canada. Contact kjell@openbsd.org.
141: <li>A 1.4GHz or 1.6GHz IBM Thinkpad x40 laptop for Calgary.
142: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.738 jasper 143: <li>An IBM/Lenovo X-series laptop (X60 or newer) in Edmonton Alberta, Canada.
1.737 jasper 144: Contact gwk@openbsd.org.
145: <li>IBM ThinkPad Dock II (model 2877) with PCI/CardBus/ultrabay slots for a T42
146: to work on better hotplug device support, needed in Hannover, Germany.
147: Contact jsg@openbsd.org.
148: <li>X60 power supply (schuko plug, preferably) and X60 dock (X6 UltraBase)
149: battery in Aalborg, Denmark.
150: Contact mk@openbsd.org.
151: <li>A <a href="http://www.commell.com.tw/Product/SBC/LE-565.HTM">Commmell LE-565</a>
152: motherboard is needed in Australia.
153: Contact djm@openbsd.org.
154: <li>Four Dell R610 (or similar) 2.5" SAS drive sleds.
155: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
156: </ul>
157: <!-- <li><i>landisk:</i> -->
1.753 pirofti 158: <li><i>loongson:</i>
159: <ul>
160: <li>Loongson laptop needed in Bucharest, Romania for suspend/resume support.
161: Contact pirofti@openbsd.org.
162: </ul>
1.737 jasper 163: <!-- <li><i>luna88k:</i> -->
164: <!-- <li><i>mac68k:</i> -->
165: <li><i>macppc:</i>
166: <ul>
167: <li>PowerPC mac mini needed in Heemstede, the Netherlands.
168: Contact otto@openbsd.org.
169: </ul>
170: <!-- <li><i>mvme68k:</i> -->
171: <!-- <li><i>mvme88k:</i> -->
172: <!-- <li><i>palm:</i> -->
173: <li><i>sgi:</i>
174: <ul>
175: <li>An SGI Origin (or Onyx) 300 and
176: a Tezro (preferrably the rackmount version) needed in France.
177: Contact miod@openbsd.org.
178: </ul>
179: <li><i>socppc:</i>
180: <ul>
181: <li>A <a href="http://www.thecus.com/products_over.php?cid=12&pid=24&set_language=english">Thecus N1200</a>
182: is needed in Australia.
183: Contact djm@openbsd.org.
1.746 jasper 184: <li>RouterBOARD RB/600A.
1.737 jasper 185: Contact jasper@openbsd.org.
186: </ul>
187: <!-- <li><i>solbourne:</i> -->
188: <!-- <li><i>sparc:</i> -->
189: <li><i>sparc64:</i>
1.228 jufi 190: <ul>
1.707 jsg 191: <li>UltraSPARC machine with PCI Express for driver development/sparc64
192: testing in Hannover, Germany.
1.522 deraadt 193: Contact jsg@openbsd.org.
1.737 jasper 194: <li>An SBus-based UltraSPARC workstation, preferably a Sun
195: Ultra 2, needed in Assen, The Netherlands.
196: Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
197: </ul>
198: <!-- <li><i>vax:</i> -->
199: <!-- <li><i>zaurus:</i> -->
200: <li><i>Miscellaneous:</i>
201: <ul>
202: <li>Itanium 1U or 2U machines wanted in various places.
203: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.754 oga 204: <li>Machines with Intel GM45 Graphics chipsets or newer (preferably with
205: provision for serial console) needed in London, UK
206: for X driver development.
207: Contact oga@openbsd.org
1.737 jasper 208: <li>Openmoko Freerunner smartphone needed in London, UK for porting work.
209: Contact oga@openbsd.org.
210: <li>Low profile machine with azalia(4) in France.
211: Contact ratchov@openbsd.org.
212: </ul>
213:
214: </ul>
215: </p>
216:
1.741 sobrado 217: <h3><font color="#e00000">Specific cards needed by our developers</font></h3>
1.737 jasper 218: <ul>
1.707 jsg 219: <li>Unsupported CardBus cards such as
220: <ul>
221: <li>Adaptec SlimSCSI APA-1480 CardBus (aic7860/ahc)
222: <li>DELOCK 61610 PCMCIA CardBus to Wide SCSI U2 (sym53c8xx/siop)
223: <li>Ratoc Systems CB31U/CB32U CardBus (Initio inic-850/adv)
224: <li>Creative Audigy 2 ZS CardBus (emu)
225: <li>Mobility Electronics EasiDock 1000EV CardBus docking station (VGA/Ethernet/PS2/parallel/serial/USB)
226: </ul>
227: to improve support for detachable drivers. Needed in Hannover, Germany.
228: Contact jsg@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 229: <li>An Intel IOP348 based SAS controller (such as the Supermicro AOC-USAS-S4i)
1.606 deraadt 230: to help in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sli&sektion=4">sli(4)</a>
231: development. Needed in Brisbane, Australia.
232: Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.737 jasper 233: <li>A <a href="http://www.bwi.com/prod/572922">MiniPCI GPS Receiver</a>
234: for timedelta sensor related development in Sunnyvale, USA.
235: The appropriate antenna and MiniPCI-to-PCI adapters would also be useful.
236: Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
237: <li>Newer Novatel Wireless HSDPA/UMTS cards (Merlin U730, U740 and U870)
238: as well as any unsupported 3G/UMTS/HSDPA device needed for driver
239: development in Oldenburg, Germany.
240: Contact fkr@openbsd.org.
1.738 jasper 241: <li>One or two Marvell Yukon II based ethernet cards needed in France.
1.737 jasper 242: Contact pyr@openbsd.org.
243: <li>QLogic ISP10160 SCSI adapter needed in Assen, the Netherlands.
244: Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
245: <li>A stand-alone PCI network interface card using VIA VT6105M RhineIII
246: for portability testing of driver changes needed in Devon, UK.
247: RouterBoard RB44 is one such card.
248: Contact sthen@openbsd.org.
249: <li>Some kind of Magma 1 (or 3) slot Expresscard->PCIe expansion system, for
250: improving our PCI drivers.
251: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
252: <li>PCI-e QLogic Fiber Channel adapter needed in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
253: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
254: <li>Sun XVR-300 framebuffer needed in Assen, the Netherlands. Contact
255: kettenis@openbsd.org.
256: </ul>
257: </p>
258:
1.741 sobrado 259: <h3><font color="#e00000">Specific devices and equipment needed by our developers</font></h3>
1.737 jasper 260: <ul>
261: <li>Any MPLS capable equipment for interoperability testing. E.g. Cisco 1841.
262: Contact michele@openbsd.org and claudio@openbsd.org.
263: <li>Bluetooth devices, especially phones, keyboards, mice, and headsets.
1.739 jasper 264: Contact xsa@openbsd.org.
1.724 matthieu 265: <li>A CF- and SDIO-attached GPS receiver and device that provide exact time
266: information for timedelta sensor related development radio clock in
267: Sunnyvale, USA.
268: Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
269: <li>A <a href="http://www.bwi.com/prod/572922">MiniPCI GPS Receiver</a>
270: for timedelta sensor related development in Sunnyvale, USA.
271: The appropriate antenna and MiniPCI-to-PCI adapters would also be useful.
272: Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 273: <li>Serial attached GPS receivers with pulse-per-second outputs and weather-
1.724 matthieu 274: resistant enclosures in Sunnyvale, USA.
1.577 ckuethe 275: Requested models include Magellan AC12, NovAtel SuperStarII Smart Antenna,
276: Motorola OnCore UT+, Motorola/iLotus/Synergy M12M (Timing), SigNav TM3-01,
277: NavSync CW25-TIM.
1.724 matthieu 278: Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 279: <li>CDMA clock (Praecis Ct or similar) in Sunnyvale, USA.
1.586 ckuethe 280: Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 281: <li>Any device (monitor or projector) able to output a 1728x2304 image,
1.578 miod 282: sync on green, with either a 13W3 or an HD15 connector needed in France.
1.442 deraadt 283: Contact miod@openbsd.org, short-term loan acceptable.
1.653 kevlo 284: <li>TI TUSB3140 serial USB adapter in Calgary.
1.569 tobias 285: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 286: <li>A SATA drive around 250Gb for a ProLiant DL145 G2 needed in Hannover, Germany.
1.571 reyk 287: Contact reyk@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 288: <li>Cisco NM-16A or NM-32A Modules to build more console servers are
1.739 jasper 289: welcome in Zurich, Switzerland.
290: Contact claudio@openbsd.org
1.653 kevlo 291: <li>Slide rail kit for Sun v20z needed in Gorinchem, The Netherlands.
1.633 sthen 292: Contact jasper@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 293: <li>Narrow SCSI (50pin) disk drive 4GB or more, 3.5" size
1.637 kurt 294: is needed near New York City, USA.
295: Contact kurt@openbsd.org.
1.710 kettenis 296: <li>Sun StorEdge MultiPack-FC desktop array needed in Assen, The Netherlands.
1.650 kettenis 297: Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
1.685 krw 298: <li>Sun StorEdge MultiPack-FC desktop array needed in Toronto, Canada.
299: Contact krw@openbsd.org.
1.718 deraadt 300: <li>A variety pack of shortish (SPF connectors on at least one end) fibers
301: wanted in Calgary.
302: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.747 gilles 303: <li>USB IrDA (infrared) adapters needed in Nantes, France.
304: Contact gilles@openbsd.org
1.749 ajacouto 305: <li>Printers. Any kind, but preferably non-postscript and somewhat not
306: too old models (USB and/or network), needed for support in ports in
307: Paris, France.
308: Contact ajacoutot@openbsd.org
1.751 claudio 309: <li>A rack-mountable iSCSI capable NAS for iSCSI initiator developement needed
310: in Zurich, Switzerland.
311: Contact claudio@openbsd.org
1.653 kevlo 312: </ul>
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1.438 ray 316: <h2><font color="#e00000">Software wanted</font></h2>
1.404 espie 317: <ul>
1.438 ray 318: <li>Licenses for recent Maple for Linux, or Mathematica, or similar
1.404 espie 319: software. I no longer use these for regular work, but I would be willing
1.438 ray 320: to try and make sure it can be installed seamlessly through the ports
1.404 espie 321: tree.
1.522 deraadt 322: Contact espie@openbsd.org.
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