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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>
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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.
1.796 jsg 53: <li>damien@openbsd.org for any new wireless equipment.
1.653 kevlo 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>
1.756 deraadt 81: <li>A Cisco 7301 with >=1GB ram and PA-MC-2T(1) T1 adaptor, or
82: Cisco 7201 with >=1GB ram and PA-MCX-2TE1 T1 adaptor, or something else like that!
1.773 deraadt 83: <li>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
1.727 jsg 96: <li>optical cabling with LC connectors (for 10GbaseSR and 10GbaseLR)
1.653 kevlo 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:
1.741 sobrado 103: <h3><font color="#e00000">Specific platform requests by our developers</font></h3>
1.737 jasper 104: <ul>
105: <!--
106: Please (un)comment the relevant platform for your request.
107: -->
108:
109: <li><i>alpha:</i>
110: <ul>
111: <li>An I/O board for Force Flexor A264 board, as well as a PCIMG backplane
112: with 64-bit PCI slots are needed in France.
113: Contact miod@openbsd.org.
114: </ul>
115: <!-- <li><i>amd64:</i> -->
116: <!-- <li><i>armish:</i> -->
117: <li><i>aviion:</i>
118: <ul>
119: <li>m88k-based DG AViiON hardware needed in France.
120: Contact miod@openbsd.org.
121: </ul>
1.806 grange 122: <!-- <li><i>beagle</i> -->
1.737 jasper 123: <!-- <li><i>hp300:</i> -->
1.742 dtucker 124: <!-- <li><i>hppa:</i> -->
1.737 jasper 125: <li><i>hppa64:</i>
126: <ul>
127: <li>HP J6700/J6750 2U machines. Note these are fairly cheap on Ebay
128: at the moment.
129: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
130: </ul>
131: <li><i>i386:</i>
132: <ul>
1.738 jasper 133: <li>An IBM/Lenovo X-series laptop (X60 or newer) in Edmonton Alberta, Canada.
1.737 jasper 134: Contact gwk@openbsd.org.
135: <li>A <a href="http://www.commell.com.tw/Product/SBC/LE-565.HTM">Commmell LE-565</a>
136: motherboard is needed in Australia.
137: Contact djm@openbsd.org.
138: <li>Four Dell R610 (or similar) 2.5" SAS drive sleds.
139: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.778 zinovik 140: <li>A laptop with 15" screen is needed in Russia.
141: Contact zinovik@openbsd.org.
1.737 jasper 142: </ul>
143: <!-- <li><i>landisk:</i> -->
1.771 pirofti 144: <!-- <li><i>loongson:</i> -->
1.737 jasper 145: <!-- <li><i>luna88k:</i> -->
146: <!-- <li><i>mac68k:</i> -->
1.807 landry 147: <li><i>macppc:</i>
148: <ul>
149: <li>An Xserve G4 (or G5 w/ PATA disks) is needed in France for ports testing and development.
150: Contact landry@openbsd.org.
151: </ul>
1.737 jasper 152: <!-- <li><i>mvme68k:</i> -->
153: <!-- <li><i>mvme88k:</i> -->
154: <!-- <li><i>palm:</i> -->
155: <li><i>sgi:</i>
156: <ul>
1.762 miod 157: <li>An SGI Onyx 2 deskside with Kona graphics, an SGI Origin (or Onyx) 300 and
1.768 miod 158: either an SGI Tezro or an SGI Origin (or Onyx) 350 needed in France.
1.737 jasper 159: Contact miod@openbsd.org.
160: </ul>
161: <li><i>socppc:</i>
162: <ul>
163: <li>A <a href="http://www.thecus.com/products_over.php?cid=12&pid=24&set_language=english">Thecus N1200</a>
164: is needed in Australia.
165: Contact djm@openbsd.org.
166: </ul>
167: <!-- <li><i>solbourne:</i> -->
168: <!-- <li><i>sparc:</i> -->
169: <li><i>sparc64:</i>
1.228 jufi 170: <ul>
1.707 jsg 171: <li>UltraSPARC machine with PCI Express for driver development/sparc64
172: testing in Hannover, Germany.
1.522 deraadt 173: Contact jsg@openbsd.org.
1.737 jasper 174: <li>An SBus-based UltraSPARC workstation, preferably a Sun
175: Ultra 2, needed in Assen, The Netherlands.
176: Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
1.767 lum 177: <li>v120 or v100 required for multi-platform testing in Yerevan, Armenia.
178: Contact lum@openbsd.org.
1.805 deraadt 179: <li>8 x 2GB PC2700 DDR memory to fully populate a Sun v215 machine.
1.737 jasper 180: </ul>
181: <!-- <li><i>vax:</i> -->
182: <!-- <li><i>zaurus:</i> -->
183: <li><i>Miscellaneous:</i>
184: <ul>
185: <li>Itanium 1U or 2U machines wanted in various places.
186: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.754 oga 187: <li>Machines with Intel GM45 Graphics chipsets or newer (preferably with
188: provision for serial console) needed in London, UK
189: for X driver development.
190: Contact oga@openbsd.org
1.737 jasper 191: <li>Low profile machine with azalia(4) in France.
192: Contact ratchov@openbsd.org.
1.758 mk 193: <li>X60 power supply (schuko plug, preferably) and X60 dock (X6 UltraBase)
194: battery in Aalborg, Denmark.
195: Contact mk@openbsd.org.
1.765 jasper 196: <li>Low power 1U machine (amd64/i386) needed in Gorinchem, The Netherlands.
197: Contact jasper@openbsd.org.
1.737 jasper 198: </ul>
199:
200: </ul>
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202:
1.741 sobrado 203: <h3><font color="#e00000">Specific cards needed by our developers</font></h3>
1.737 jasper 204: <ul>
1.785 jsg 205: <li>Intel 82576 SFP and 82580 based Gigabit Ethernet devices
1.783 jsg 206: for improving hardware support in em(4). Needed in Hannover, Germany.
207: Contact jsg@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 208: <li>An Intel IOP348 based SAS controller (such as the Supermicro AOC-USAS-S4i)
1.606 deraadt 209: to help in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sli&sektion=4">sli(4)</a>
210: development. Needed in Brisbane, Australia.
211: Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.774 dlg 212: <li>A LSISAS2008 based SAS controller to help in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mpii&sektion=4">mpii(4)</a> development.
213: Needed in Brisbane, Australia.
214: Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.766 dlg 215: <li>A Sun Flash Accelerator F20 PCIe card.
216: Needed in Brisbane, Australia.
217: Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.764 dlg 218: <li>A PCIe to SD/MMC Card reader controller such as the JMicron JMB38X family.
219: Needed in Brisbane, Australia.
220: Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.737 jasper 221: <li>A <a href="http://www.bwi.com/prod/572922">MiniPCI GPS Receiver</a>
222: for timedelta sensor related development in Sunnyvale, USA.
223: The appropriate antenna and MiniPCI-to-PCI adapters would also be useful.
224: Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
1.738 jasper 225: <li>One or two Marvell Yukon II based ethernet cards needed in France.
1.737 jasper 226: Contact pyr@openbsd.org.
227: <li>QLogic ISP10160 SCSI adapter needed in Assen, the Netherlands.
228: Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
229: <li>Some kind of Magma 1 (or 3) slot Expresscard->PCIe expansion system, for
230: improving our PCI drivers.
231: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
232: <li>Sun XVR-300 framebuffer needed in Assen, the Netherlands. Contact
233: kettenis@openbsd.org.
1.788 jakemsr 234: <li>PCI and CardBus/PCMCIA USB adapters (any speed) and a variety of USB
235: hubs (also any speed) wanted in Oregon, USA. Contact
236: jakemsr@openbsd.org.
1.793 jakemsr 237: <li>All types of USB devices, especially USB network devices, wanted in
238: Oregon, USA. Contact jakemsr@openbsd.org.
1.737 jasper 239: </ul>
240: </p>
241:
1.741 sobrado 242: <h3><font color="#e00000">Specific devices and equipment needed by our developers</font></h3>
1.737 jasper 243: <ul>
244: <li>Any MPLS capable equipment for interoperability testing. E.g. Cisco 1841.
245: Contact michele@openbsd.org and claudio@openbsd.org.
246: <li>Bluetooth devices, especially phones, keyboards, mice, and headsets.
1.739 jasper 247: Contact xsa@openbsd.org.
1.724 matthieu 248: <li>A CF- and SDIO-attached GPS receiver and device that provide exact time
249: information for timedelta sensor related development radio clock in
250: Sunnyvale, USA.
251: Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
252: <li>A <a href="http://www.bwi.com/prod/572922">MiniPCI GPS Receiver</a>
253: for timedelta sensor related development in Sunnyvale, USA.
254: The appropriate antenna and MiniPCI-to-PCI adapters would also be useful.
255: Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 256: <li>Serial attached GPS receivers with pulse-per-second outputs and weather-
1.724 matthieu 257: resistant enclosures in Sunnyvale, USA.
1.577 ckuethe 258: Requested models include Magellan AC12, NovAtel SuperStarII Smart Antenna,
259: Motorola OnCore UT+, Motorola/iLotus/Synergy M12M (Timing), SigNav TM3-01,
260: NavSync CW25-TIM.
1.724 matthieu 261: Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 262: <li>CDMA clock (Praecis Ct or similar) in Sunnyvale, USA.
1.586 ckuethe 263: Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 264: <li>Any device (monitor or projector) able to output a 1728x2304 image,
1.578 miod 265: sync on green, with either a 13W3 or an HD15 connector needed in France.
1.442 deraadt 266: Contact miod@openbsd.org, short-term loan acceptable.
1.653 kevlo 267: <li>TI TUSB3140 serial USB adapter in Calgary.
1.569 tobias 268: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 269: <li>A SATA drive around 250Gb for a ProLiant DL145 G2 needed in Hannover, Germany.
1.571 reyk 270: Contact reyk@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 271: <li>Slide rail kit for Sun v20z needed in Gorinchem, The Netherlands.
1.633 sthen 272: Contact jasper@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 273: <li>Narrow SCSI (50pin) disk drive 4GB or more, 3.5" size
1.637 kurt 274: is needed near New York City, USA.
275: Contact kurt@openbsd.org.
1.710 kettenis 276: <li>Sun StorEdge MultiPack-FC desktop array needed in Assen, The Netherlands.
1.650 kettenis 277: Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
1.718 deraadt 278: <li>A variety pack of shortish (SPF connectors on at least one end) fibers
279: wanted in Calgary.
280: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.760 ajacouto 281: <li>An HP All-in-one (printer-fax-scanner) network and USB (print/hpijs),
282: needed for support in ports in Paris, France.
1.749 ajacouto 283: Contact ajacoutot@openbsd.org
1.787 blambert 284: <li>Interesting bit of <a href="http://www.openpandora.org/">
285: portable ARM hardware</a> wanted in Oslo, Norway.
286: Contact blambert@openbsd.org
1.794 ratchov 287: <li>A 1.8" IDE hard disk suitable to replace the dead hardisk of a
288: thinkpad x40 (ex, KingSpec 1.8" PATA/IDE SSD) is needed
289: in Grenoble, France.
290: Contact ratchov@openbsd.org
1.798 sebastia 291: <li>An uvideo(4) capable webcam. Plan is to add video chat to net/coccinella.
292: Part is needed in Brandenburg a. d. Havel, Germany.
293: Contact sebastia@openbsd.org
294: <li>Any kind of DCC (Digital Command Control) capable controller, used to
295: control digital model railroads. Actually needed to test misc/srcpd
296: with real hardware. Parts needed in Brandenburg a. d. Havel, Germany.
297: Contact sebastia@openbsd.org
1.808 ! matthew 298: <li>A USB drive that supports "USB Attached SCSI" wanted in San Francisco, CA, USA.
! 299: Contact matthew@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 300: </ul>
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1.438 ray 304: <h2><font color="#e00000">Software wanted</font></h2>
1.404 espie 305: <ul>
1.438 ray 306: <li>Licenses for recent Maple for Linux, or Mathematica, or similar
1.404 espie 307: software. I no longer use these for regular work, but I would be willing
1.438 ray 308: to try and make sure it can be installed seamlessly through the ports
1.404 espie 309: tree.
1.522 deraadt 310: Contact espie@openbsd.org.
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