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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.
1.831     miod       26: <li>To be part of their development environment.
1.653     kevlo      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.
1.831     miod       30: <li>That said, space or power may be at a premium for some people.
1.653     kevlo      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.
                     53: </ul>
1.325     deraadt    54: If you do not get a response from these developers, please consider
                     55: contacting another developer.
1.280     miod       56: <p>
1.1       deraadt    57:
1.653     kevlo      58: <h3><font color="#e00000">General device requirements.</font></h3>
1.325     deraadt    59: We try to spread these types of devices around our development community.
1.313     jsg        60: <ul>
1.494     deraadt    61: <li><em>Narrow SCSI</em> disk drives of 2GB or more, 3.5" size.
                     62:     (Narrow SCSI means 50pin).<br>
                     63:     Many developers are running out of these drives, which are needed
                     64:     to continue supporting older hardware.<br>
1.653     kevlo      65: <li>Laptops.  These die often enough that our developers need about 2-3
1.325     deraadt    66:     replacements a year.
1.653     kevlo      67: <li>Apple Mac powerpc equipment.
1.670     deraadt    68: <li>HP J6750 machines (J6700 is the second best choice).
1.653     kevlo      69: <li>Faster &amp; smaller sparc64 machines, for instance 1U rack mount machines
                     70: <li>Any amd64 or faster i386 hardware which comes available.
                     71: <li>We generally do not need older and "very common" ISA/PCI equipment, since
1.325     deraadt    72:     our developers will generally have gotten their hands on these in the
                     73:     past.
1.737     jasper     74: <li>A variety of laptops for our ACPI developers working on suspend.
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>
1.756     deraadt    80:   <li>A Cisco 7301 with >=1GB ram and PA-MC-2T(1) T1 adaptor, or
                     81:       Cisco 7201 with >=1GB ram and PA-MCX-2TE1 T1 adaptor, or something else like that!
1.811     deraadt    82:   <li>A 1U 10-Gigabit switch (such as Procurve 6600-24XG or 6410cl-6XG)
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
1.727     jsg        95:   <li>optical cabling with LC connectors (for 10GbaseSR and 10GbaseLR)
1.653     kevlo      96:   <li><a href="http://www.neteffect.com/products.html">NetEffect 10Gb NICs</a>
1.518     dlg        97:   for driver development
1.653     kevlo      98: </ul>
1.587     reyk       99: Contact dlg@openbsd.org, reyk@openbsd.org, and claudio@openbsd.org.
1.653     kevlo     100: </p>
1.518     dlg       101:
1.741     sobrado   102: <h3><font color="#e00000">Specific platform requests by our developers</font></h3>
1.737     jasper    103: <ul>
                    104: <!--
                    105:        Please (un)comment the relevant platform for your request.
                    106: -->
                    107:
1.831     miod      108: <!-- <li><i>alpha:</i> -->
1.737     jasper    109: <!-- <li><i>amd64:</i> -->
                    110: <!-- <li><i>armish:</i> -->
1.831     miod      111: <!-- <li><i>aviion:</i> -->
1.806     grange    112: <!-- <li><i>beagle</i> -->
1.737     jasper    113: <!-- <li><i>hp300:</i> -->
1.742     dtucker   114: <!-- <li><i>hppa:</i> -->
1.737     jasper    115: <li><i>hppa64:</i>
                    116: <ul>
                    117: <li>HP J6700/J6750 2U machines.  Note these are fairly cheap on Ebay
                    118:     at the moment.
                    119:     Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
                    120: </ul>
                    121: <li><i>i386:</i>
                    122: <ul>
                    123: <li>A <a href="http://www.commell.com.tw/Product/SBC/LE-565.HTM">Commmell LE-565</a>
                    124:     motherboard is needed in Australia.
                    125:     Contact djm@openbsd.org.
                    126: <li>Four Dell R610 (or similar) 2.5" SAS drive sleds.
                    127:     Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
                    128: </ul>
                    129: <!-- <li><i>landisk:</i> -->
1.771     pirofti   130: <!-- <li><i>loongson:</i> -->
1.737     jasper    131: <!-- <li><i>luna88k:</i> -->
                    132: <!-- <li><i>mac68k:</i> -->
1.807     landry    133: <li><i>macppc:</i>
                    134: <ul>
                    135: <li>An Xserve G4 (or G5 w/ PATA disks) is needed in France for ports testing and development.
                    136:     Contact landry@openbsd.org.
1.829     benoit    137: <li>A G4 Mac mini or a PowerMac G5 is needed in France for ports testing and development.
                    138:     Contact benoit@openbsd.org
1.807     landry    139: </ul>
1.737     jasper    140: <!-- <li><i>mvme68k:</i> -->
                    141: <!-- <li><i>mvme88k:</i> -->
                    142: <!-- <li><i>palm:</i> -->
                    143: <li><i>sgi:</i>
                    144: <ul>
1.832     miod      145: <li>A Power Indigo2 R8000 (IP26) system needed in France.
1.737     jasper    146:     Contact miod@openbsd.org.
                    147: </ul>
                    148: <li><i>socppc:</i>
                    149: <ul>
                    150: <li>A <a href="http://www.thecus.com/products_over.php?cid=12&pid=24&set_language=english">Thecus N1200</a>
                    151:     is needed in Australia.
                    152:     Contact djm@openbsd.org.
                    153: </ul>
                    154: <!-- <li><i>solbourne:</i> -->
                    155: <!-- <li><i>sparc:</i> -->
                    156: <li><i>sparc64:</i>
1.228     jufi      157: <ul>
1.737     jasper    158: <li>An SBus-based UltraSPARC workstation, preferably a Sun
                    159:     Ultra 2, needed in Assen, The Netherlands.
                    160:     Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
1.838   ! pirofti   161: <li>A sparc64 UltraSPARC II laptop needed in Bucharest, Romania.
        !           162:     Contact pirofti@openbsd.org.
1.737     jasper    163: </ul>
1.819     miod      164: <li><i>vax:</i>
                    165: <ul>
                    166: <li>A DWCTX-BX TURBOchannel adapter for VAXstation 4000/60 and VAXstation 4000/{90,96}
                    167:     is needed in France.
                    168:     Contact miod@openbsd.org.
                    169: </ul>
1.737     jasper    170: <!-- <li><i>zaurus:</i>  -->
                    171: <li><i>Miscellaneous:</i>
                    172: <ul>
                    173: <li>Itanium 1U or 2U machines wanted in various places.
                    174:     Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
                    175: <li>Low profile machine with azalia(4) in France.
                    176:     Contact ratchov@openbsd.org.
                    177: </ul>
                    178:
                    179: </ul>
                    180: </p>
                    181:
1.741     sobrado   182: <h3><font color="#e00000">Specific cards needed by our developers</font></h3>
1.737     jasper    183: <ul>
1.653     kevlo     184: <li>An Intel IOP348 based SAS controller (such as the Supermicro AOC-USAS-S4i)
1.606     deraadt   185:     to help in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sli&amp;sektion=4">sli(4)</a>
                    186:     development. Needed in Brisbane, Australia.
                    187:     Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.774     dlg       188: <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.
                    189:     Needed in Brisbane, Australia.
                    190:     Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.766     dlg       191: <li>A Sun Flash Accelerator F20 PCIe card.
                    192:     Needed in Brisbane, Australia.
                    193:     Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.764     dlg       194: <li>A PCIe to SD/MMC Card reader controller such as the JMicron JMB38X family.
                    195:     Needed in Brisbane, Australia.
                    196:     Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.737     jasper    197: <li>A <a href="http://www.bwi.com/prod/572922">MiniPCI GPS Receiver</a>
                    198:     for timedelta sensor related development in Sunnyvale, USA.
                    199:     The appropriate antenna and MiniPCI-to-PCI adapters would also be useful.
                    200:     Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
1.738     jasper    201: <li>One or two Marvell Yukon II based ethernet cards needed in France.
1.737     jasper    202:     Contact pyr@openbsd.org.
                    203: <li>QLogic ISP10160 SCSI adapter needed in Assen, the Netherlands.
                    204:     Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
                    205: <li>Some kind of Magma 1 (or 3) slot Expresscard->PCIe expansion system, for
                    206:     improving our PCI drivers.
                    207:     Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
                    208: <li>Sun XVR-300 framebuffer needed in Assen, the Netherlands.  Contact
                    209:     kettenis@openbsd.org.
1.788     jakemsr   210: <li>PCI and CardBus/PCMCIA USB adapters (any speed) and a variety of USB
                    211:     hubs (also any speed) wanted in Oregon, USA.  Contact
                    212:     jakemsr@openbsd.org.
1.793     jakemsr   213: <li>All types of USB devices, especially USB network devices, wanted in
                    214:     Oregon, USA.  Contact jakemsr@openbsd.org.
1.833     jsg       215: <li>Intel X540-T2 to add support for newer devices to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ix&amp;sektion=4">ix(4)</a>.
1.821     jsg       216:     Needed in Melbourne, Australia.  Contact jsg@openbsd.org.
1.737     jasper    217: </ul>
                    218: </p>
                    219:
1.741     sobrado   220: <h3><font color="#e00000">Specific devices and equipment needed by our developers</font></h3>
1.737     jasper    221: <ul>
                    222: <li>Any MPLS capable equipment for interoperability testing. E.g. Cisco 1841.
                    223:     Contact michele@openbsd.org and claudio@openbsd.org.
                    224: <li>Bluetooth devices, especially phones, keyboards, mice, and headsets.
1.739     jasper    225:     Contact xsa@openbsd.org.
1.724     matthieu  226: <li>A CF- and SDIO-attached GPS receiver and device that provide exact time
                    227:     information for timedelta sensor related development radio clock in
                    228:     Sunnyvale, USA.
                    229:     Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
                    230: <li>A <a href="http://www.bwi.com/prod/572922">MiniPCI GPS Receiver</a>
                    231:     for timedelta sensor related development in Sunnyvale, USA.
                    232:     The appropriate antenna and MiniPCI-to-PCI adapters would also be useful.
                    233:     Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
1.653     kevlo     234: <li>Serial attached GPS receivers with pulse-per-second outputs and weather-
1.724     matthieu  235:     resistant enclosures in Sunnyvale, USA.
1.577     ckuethe   236:     Requested models include Magellan AC12, NovAtel SuperStarII Smart Antenna,
                    237:     Motorola OnCore UT+, Motorola/iLotus/Synergy M12M (Timing), SigNav TM3-01,
                    238:     NavSync CW25-TIM.
1.724     matthieu  239:     Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
1.653     kevlo     240: <li>CDMA clock (Praecis Ct or similar) in Sunnyvale, USA.
1.586     ckuethe   241:     Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
1.653     kevlo     242: <li>Any device (monitor or projector) able to output a 1728x2304 image,
1.578     miod      243:     sync on green, with either a 13W3 or an HD15 connector needed in France.
1.442     deraadt   244:     Contact miod@openbsd.org, short-term loan acceptable.
1.653     kevlo     245: <li>TI TUSB3140 serial USB adapter in Calgary.
1.569     tobias    246:     Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.653     kevlo     247: <li>A SATA drive around 250Gb for a ProLiant DL145 G2 needed in Hannover, Germany.
1.571     reyk      248:     Contact reyk@openbsd.org.
1.653     kevlo     249: <li>Narrow SCSI (50pin) disk drive 4GB or more, 3.5" size
1.637     kurt      250:     is needed near New York City, USA.
                    251:     Contact kurt@openbsd.org.
1.710     kettenis  252: <li>Sun StorEdge MultiPack-FC desktop array needed in Assen, The Netherlands.
1.650     kettenis  253:     Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
1.718     deraadt   254: <li>A variety pack of shortish (SPF connectors on at least one end) fibers
                    255:     wanted in Calgary.
                    256:     Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.760     ajacouto  257: <li>An HP All-in-one (printer-fax-scanner) network and USB (print/hpijs),
                    258:     needed for support in ports in Paris, France.
1.749     ajacouto  259:     Contact ajacoutot@openbsd.org
1.787     blambert  260: <li>Interesting bit of <a href="http://www.openpandora.org/">
                    261:     portable ARM hardware</a> wanted in Oslo, Norway.
                    262:     Contact blambert@openbsd.org
1.794     ratchov   263: <li>A 1.8" IDE hard disk suitable to replace the dead hardisk of a
                    264:     thinkpad x40 (ex, KingSpec 1.8" PATA/IDE SSD) is needed
                    265:     in Grenoble, France.
                    266:     Contact ratchov@openbsd.org
1.798     sebastia  267: <li>Any kind of DCC (Digital Command Control) capable controller, used to
                    268:     control digital model railroads. Actually needed to test misc/srcpd
                    269:     with real hardware. Parts needed in Brandenburg a. d. Havel, Germany.
                    270:     Contact sebastia@openbsd.org
1.815     sebastia  271: <li>My Toshiba Libretto U500 seems to die slowly, which means I'm out of a notebook.
                    272:     I'd like to have a new one ;) Otherwise, for the GNUstep and other ports, a PPC,
                    273:     ARM or AMD64 based notebook would also be fine.
1.817     mikeb     274:     Contact sebastia@openbsd.org
1.808     matthew   275: <li>A USB drive that supports "USB Attached SCSI" wanted in San Francisco, CA, USA.
                    276:     Contact matthew@openbsd.org.
1.825     mikeb     277: <li>Cisco ASA 5505 with a license for IPsec tunnels is needed in Aachen,
1.816     mikeb     278:     Germany.  Any other IPsec and/or IKEv2 capable equipment is welcomed too.
                    279:     Contact mikeb@openbsd.org.
1.818     jasper    280: <li>Parallax Propeller board, like <a href="http://www.adafruit.com/products/312">
                    281:     Propeller Platform USB</a>, for porting and testing development/programming
                    282:     software in ports, needed in Gorinchem, the Netherlands.
                    283:     Contact jasper@openbsd.org.
1.834     gilles    284: <li>Any Soekris and Soekris-like boards, preferably cheap and small ones.
                    285:     I could use three or four for OpenSMTPD-related experiments. Needed in
                    286:     Paris, France.
                    287:     Contact gilles@openbsd.org.
1.653     kevlo     288: </ul>
1.159     fgsch     289: <p>
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1.438     ray       292: <h2><font color="#e00000">Software wanted</font></h2>
1.404     espie     293: <ul>
1.438     ray       294: <li>Licenses for recent Maple for Linux, or Mathematica, or similar
1.404     espie     295:     software. I no longer use these for regular work, but I would be willing
1.438     ray       296:     to try and make sure it can be installed seamlessly through the ports
1.404     espie     297:     tree.
1.522     deraadt   298:     Contact espie@openbsd.org.
1.653     kevlo     299: </ul>
1.404     espie     300: <p>
1.576     weingart  301:
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