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1.653     kevlo      18: <h2><font color="#e00000">Hardware wanted</font></h2>
1.228     jufi       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.
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.
1.1       deraadt    46:
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.
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 &amp; 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!
1.811     deraadt    83:   <li>A 1U 10-Gigabit switch (such as Procurve 6600-24XG or 6410cl-6XG)
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>
                    133: <li>A <a href="http://www.commell.com.tw/Product/SBC/LE-565.HTM">Commmell LE-565</a>
                    134:     motherboard is needed in Australia.
                    135:     Contact djm@openbsd.org.
                    136: <li>Four Dell R610 (or similar) 2.5" SAS drive sleds.
                    137:     Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.778     zinovik   138: <li>A laptop with 15" screen is needed in Russia.
                    139:     Contact zinovik@openbsd.org.
1.737     jasper    140: </ul>
                    141: <!-- <li><i>landisk:</i> -->
1.771     pirofti   142: <!-- <li><i>loongson:</i> -->
1.737     jasper    143: <!-- <li><i>luna88k:</i> -->
                    144: <!-- <li><i>mac68k:</i> -->
1.807     landry    145: <li><i>macppc:</i>
                    146: <ul>
                    147: <li>An Xserve G4 (or G5 w/ PATA disks) is needed in France for ports testing and development.
                    148:     Contact landry@openbsd.org.
                    149: </ul>
1.737     jasper    150: <!-- <li><i>mvme68k:</i> -->
                    151: <!-- <li><i>mvme88k:</i> -->
                    152: <!-- <li><i>palm:</i> -->
                    153: <li><i>sgi:</i>
                    154: <ul>
1.762     miod      155: <li>An SGI Onyx 2 deskside with Kona graphics, an SGI Origin (or Onyx) 300 and
1.768     miod      156:     either an SGI Tezro or an SGI Origin (or Onyx) 350 needed in France.
1.737     jasper    157:     Contact miod@openbsd.org.
                    158: </ul>
                    159: <li><i>socppc:</i>
                    160: <ul>
                    161: <li>A <a href="http://www.thecus.com/products_over.php?cid=12&pid=24&set_language=english">Thecus N1200</a>
                    162:     is needed in Australia.
                    163:     Contact djm@openbsd.org.
                    164: </ul>
                    165: <!-- <li><i>solbourne:</i> -->
                    166: <!-- <li><i>sparc:</i> -->
                    167: <li><i>sparc64:</i>
1.228     jufi      168: <ul>
1.737     jasper    169: <li>An SBus-based UltraSPARC workstation, preferably a Sun
                    170:     Ultra 2, needed in Assen, The Netherlands.
                    171:     Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
1.767     lum       172: <li>v120 or v100 required for multi-platform testing in Yerevan, Armenia.
                    173:     Contact lum@openbsd.org.
1.805     deraadt   174: <li>8 x 2GB PC2700 DDR memory to fully populate a Sun v215 machine.
1.737     jasper    175: </ul>
                    176: <!-- <li><i>vax:</i> -->
                    177: <!-- <li><i>zaurus:</i>  -->
                    178: <li><i>Miscellaneous:</i>
                    179: <ul>
                    180: <li>Itanium 1U or 2U machines wanted in various places.
                    181:     Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.754     oga       182: <li>Machines with Intel GM45 Graphics chipsets or newer (preferably with
                    183:     provision for serial console) needed in London, UK
                    184:     for X driver development.
                    185:     Contact oga@openbsd.org
1.737     jasper    186: <li>Low profile machine with azalia(4) in France.
                    187:     Contact ratchov@openbsd.org.
1.758     mk        188: <li>X60 power supply (schuko plug, preferably) and X60 dock (X6 UltraBase)
                    189:     battery in Aalborg, Denmark.
                    190:     Contact mk@openbsd.org.
1.765     jasper    191: <li>Low power 1U machine (amd64/i386) needed in Gorinchem, The Netherlands.
                    192:     Contact jasper@openbsd.org.
1.737     jasper    193: </ul>
                    194:
                    195: </ul>
                    196: </p>
                    197:
1.741     sobrado   198: <h3><font color="#e00000">Specific cards needed by our developers</font></h3>
1.737     jasper    199: <ul>
1.653     kevlo     200: <li>An Intel IOP348 based SAS controller (such as the Supermicro AOC-USAS-S4i)
1.606     deraadt   201:     to help in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sli&amp;sektion=4">sli(4)</a>
                    202:     development. Needed in Brisbane, Australia.
                    203:     Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.774     dlg       204: <li>A LSISAS2008 based SAS controller to help in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mpii&amp;sektion=4">mpii(4)</a> development.
                    205:     Needed in Brisbane, Australia.
                    206:     Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.766     dlg       207: <li>A Sun Flash Accelerator F20 PCIe card.
                    208:     Needed in Brisbane, Australia.
                    209:     Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.764     dlg       210: <li>A PCIe to SD/MMC Card reader controller such as the JMicron JMB38X family.
                    211:     Needed in Brisbane, Australia.
                    212:     Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.737     jasper    213: <li>A <a href="http://www.bwi.com/prod/572922">MiniPCI GPS Receiver</a>
                    214:     for timedelta sensor related development in Sunnyvale, USA.
                    215:     The appropriate antenna and MiniPCI-to-PCI adapters would also be useful.
                    216:     Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
1.738     jasper    217: <li>One or two Marvell Yukon II based ethernet cards needed in France.
1.737     jasper    218:     Contact pyr@openbsd.org.
                    219: <li>QLogic ISP10160 SCSI adapter needed in Assen, the Netherlands.
                    220:     Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
                    221: <li>Some kind of Magma 1 (or 3) slot Expresscard->PCIe expansion system, for
                    222:     improving our PCI drivers.
                    223:     Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
                    224: <li>Sun XVR-300 framebuffer needed in Assen, the Netherlands.  Contact
                    225:     kettenis@openbsd.org.
1.788     jakemsr   226: <li>PCI and CardBus/PCMCIA USB adapters (any speed) and a variety of USB
                    227:     hubs (also any speed) wanted in Oregon, USA.  Contact
                    228:     jakemsr@openbsd.org.
1.793     jakemsr   229: <li>All types of USB devices, especially USB network devices, wanted in
                    230:     Oregon, USA.  Contact jakemsr@openbsd.org.
1.737     jasper    231: </ul>
                    232: </p>
                    233:
1.741     sobrado   234: <h3><font color="#e00000">Specific devices and equipment needed by our developers</font></h3>
1.737     jasper    235: <ul>
                    236: <li>Any MPLS capable equipment for interoperability testing. E.g. Cisco 1841.
                    237:     Contact michele@openbsd.org and claudio@openbsd.org.
                    238: <li>Bluetooth devices, especially phones, keyboards, mice, and headsets.
1.739     jasper    239:     Contact xsa@openbsd.org.
1.724     matthieu  240: <li>A CF- and SDIO-attached GPS receiver and device that provide exact time
                    241:     information for timedelta sensor related development radio clock in
                    242:     Sunnyvale, USA.
                    243:     Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
                    244: <li>A <a href="http://www.bwi.com/prod/572922">MiniPCI GPS Receiver</a>
                    245:     for timedelta sensor related development in Sunnyvale, USA.
                    246:     The appropriate antenna and MiniPCI-to-PCI adapters would also be useful.
                    247:     Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
1.653     kevlo     248: <li>Serial attached GPS receivers with pulse-per-second outputs and weather-
1.724     matthieu  249:     resistant enclosures in Sunnyvale, USA.
1.577     ckuethe   250:     Requested models include Magellan AC12, NovAtel SuperStarII Smart Antenna,
                    251:     Motorola OnCore UT+, Motorola/iLotus/Synergy M12M (Timing), SigNav TM3-01,
                    252:     NavSync CW25-TIM.
1.724     matthieu  253:     Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
1.653     kevlo     254: <li>CDMA clock (Praecis Ct or similar) in Sunnyvale, USA.
1.586     ckuethe   255:     Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
1.653     kevlo     256: <li>Any device (monitor or projector) able to output a 1728x2304 image,
1.578     miod      257:     sync on green, with either a 13W3 or an HD15 connector needed in France.
1.442     deraadt   258:     Contact miod@openbsd.org, short-term loan acceptable.
1.653     kevlo     259: <li>TI TUSB3140 serial USB adapter in Calgary.
1.569     tobias    260:     Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.653     kevlo     261: <li>A SATA drive around 250Gb for a ProLiant DL145 G2 needed in Hannover, Germany.
1.571     reyk      262:     Contact reyk@openbsd.org.
1.653     kevlo     263: <li>Slide rail kit for Sun v20z needed in Gorinchem, The Netherlands.
1.633     sthen     264:     Contact jasper@openbsd.org.
1.653     kevlo     265: <li>Narrow SCSI (50pin) disk drive 4GB or more, 3.5" size
1.637     kurt      266:     is needed near New York City, USA.
                    267:     Contact kurt@openbsd.org.
1.710     kettenis  268: <li>Sun StorEdge MultiPack-FC desktop array needed in Assen, The Netherlands.
1.650     kettenis  269:     Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
1.718     deraadt   270: <li>A variety pack of shortish (SPF connectors on at least one end) fibers
                    271:     wanted in Calgary.
                    272:     Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.760     ajacouto  273: <li>An HP All-in-one (printer-fax-scanner) network and USB (print/hpijs),
                    274:     needed for support in ports in Paris, France.
1.749     ajacouto  275:     Contact ajacoutot@openbsd.org
1.787     blambert  276: <li>Interesting bit of <a href="http://www.openpandora.org/">
                    277:     portable ARM hardware</a> wanted in Oslo, Norway.
                    278:     Contact blambert@openbsd.org
1.794     ratchov   279: <li>A 1.8" IDE hard disk suitable to replace the dead hardisk of a
                    280:     thinkpad x40 (ex, KingSpec 1.8" PATA/IDE SSD) is needed
                    281:     in Grenoble, France.
                    282:     Contact ratchov@openbsd.org
1.798     sebastia  283: <li>Any kind of DCC (Digital Command Control) capable controller, used to
                    284:     control digital model railroads. Actually needed to test misc/srcpd
                    285:     with real hardware. Parts needed in Brandenburg a. d. Havel, Germany.
                    286:     Contact sebastia@openbsd.org
1.808     matthew   287: <li>A USB drive that supports "USB Attached SCSI" wanted in San Francisco, CA, USA.
                    288:     Contact matthew@openbsd.org.
1.653     kevlo     289: </ul>
1.159     fgsch     290: <p>
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1.438     ray       293: <h2><font color="#e00000">Software wanted</font></h2>
1.404     espie     294: <ul>
1.438     ray       295: <li>Licenses for recent Maple for Linux, or Mathematica, or similar
1.404     espie     296:     software. I no longer use these for regular work, but I would be willing
1.438     ray       297:     to try and make sure it can be installed seamlessly through the ports
1.404     espie     298:     tree.
1.522     deraadt   299:     Contact espie@openbsd.org.
1.653     kevlo     300: </ul>
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