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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.
1.831 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>
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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: </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 & 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>
1.843 deraadt 88: David Gwynne (in Australia), Mike Belopuhov (in Germany), and Claudio Jeker (in
1.518 dlg 89: Switzerland) are working on support for 10 Gigabit Ethernet devices. These
90: developers would like the following hardware to help development:
91: <ul>
1.844 mikeb 92: <li>10GbaseSR SFP+ modules for use in 10Gb network cards
1.653 kevlo 93: <li>Switches with 10Gb modules for hacking
1.844 mikeb 94: <li>Direct Attach (SFP+) and CX4 cabling
1.727 jsg 95: <li>optical cabling with LC connectors (for 10GbaseSR and 10GbaseLR)
1.844 mikeb 96: <li>Broadcom, Emulex (ServerEngines) and QLogic 10Gb NICs for driver
97: development
1.653 kevlo 98: </ul>
1.843 deraadt 99: Contact dlg@openbsd.org, mikeb@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.
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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> -->
1.840 miod 143: <!-- <li><i>sgi:</i> -->
1.737 jasper 144: <li><i>socppc:</i>
145: <ul>
146: <li>A <a href="http://www.thecus.com/products_over.php?cid=12&pid=24&set_language=english">Thecus N1200</a>
147: is needed in Australia.
148: Contact djm@openbsd.org.
149: </ul>
150: <!-- <li><i>solbourne:</i> -->
151: <!-- <li><i>sparc:</i> -->
152: <li><i>sparc64:</i>
1.228 jufi 153: <ul>
1.737 jasper 154: <li>An SBus-based UltraSPARC workstation, preferably a Sun
155: Ultra 2, needed in Assen, The Netherlands.
156: Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
1.838 pirofti 157: <li>A sparc64 UltraSPARC II laptop needed in Bucharest, Romania.
158: Contact pirofti@openbsd.org.
1.737 jasper 159: </ul>
1.819 miod 160: <li><i>vax:</i>
161: <ul>
162: <li>A DWCTX-BX TURBOchannel adapter for VAXstation 4000/60 and VAXstation 4000/{90,96}
163: is needed in France.
164: Contact miod@openbsd.org.
165: </ul>
1.842 bmercer 166: <li><i>zaurus:</i>
167: <ul>
168: <li>A Sharp Zaurus, needed in the US. Contact bmercer@openbsd.org</li>
169: </ul>
1.737 jasper 170: <li><i>Miscellaneous:</i>
171: <ul>
172: <li>Itanium 1U or 2U machines wanted in various places.
173: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
174: <li>Low profile machine with azalia(4) in France.
175: Contact ratchov@openbsd.org.
176: </ul>
177:
178: </ul>
179: </p>
180:
1.741 sobrado 181: <h3><font color="#e00000">Specific cards needed by our developers</font></h3>
1.737 jasper 182: <ul>
1.653 kevlo 183: <li>An Intel IOP348 based SAS controller (such as the Supermicro AOC-USAS-S4i)
1.606 deraadt 184: to help in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sli&sektion=4">sli(4)</a>
185: development. Needed in Brisbane, Australia.
186: Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.774 dlg 187: <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.
188: Needed in Brisbane, Australia.
189: Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.766 dlg 190: <li>A Sun Flash Accelerator F20 PCIe card.
191: Needed in Brisbane, Australia.
192: Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.764 dlg 193: <li>A PCIe to SD/MMC Card reader controller such as the JMicron JMB38X family.
194: Needed in Brisbane, Australia.
195: Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.737 jasper 196: <li>QLogic ISP10160 SCSI adapter needed in Assen, the Netherlands.
197: Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
198: <li>Some kind of Magma 1 (or 3) slot Expresscard->PCIe expansion system, for
199: improving our PCI drivers.
200: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
201: <li>Sun XVR-300 framebuffer needed in Assen, the Netherlands. Contact
202: kettenis@openbsd.org.
1.841 jsg 203: <li>CardBus serial adapter to unify PCI/CardBus serial code.
1.821 jsg 204: Needed in Melbourne, Australia. Contact jsg@openbsd.org.
1.737 jasper 205: </ul>
206: </p>
207:
1.741 sobrado 208: <h3><font color="#e00000">Specific devices and equipment needed by our developers</font></h3>
1.737 jasper 209: <ul>
210: <li>Any MPLS capable equipment for interoperability testing. E.g. Cisco 1841.
211: Contact michele@openbsd.org and claudio@openbsd.org.
212: <li>Bluetooth devices, especially phones, keyboards, mice, and headsets.
1.739 jasper 213: Contact xsa@openbsd.org.
1.724 matthieu 214: <li>A CF- and SDIO-attached GPS receiver and device that provide exact time
215: information for timedelta sensor related development radio clock in
216: Sunnyvale, USA.
217: Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
218: <li>A <a href="http://www.bwi.com/prod/572922">MiniPCI GPS Receiver</a>
219: for timedelta sensor related development in Sunnyvale, USA.
220: The appropriate antenna and MiniPCI-to-PCI adapters would also be useful.
221: Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 222: <li>Serial attached GPS receivers with pulse-per-second outputs and weather-
1.724 matthieu 223: resistant enclosures in Sunnyvale, USA.
1.577 ckuethe 224: Requested models include Magellan AC12, NovAtel SuperStarII Smart Antenna,
225: Motorola OnCore UT+, Motorola/iLotus/Synergy M12M (Timing), SigNav TM3-01,
226: NavSync CW25-TIM.
1.724 matthieu 227: Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 228: <li>CDMA clock (Praecis Ct or similar) in Sunnyvale, USA.
1.586 ckuethe 229: Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 230: <li>Any device (monitor or projector) able to output a 1728x2304 image,
1.578 miod 231: sync on green, with either a 13W3 or an HD15 connector needed in France.
1.442 deraadt 232: Contact miod@openbsd.org, short-term loan acceptable.
1.653 kevlo 233: <li>TI TUSB3140 serial USB adapter in Calgary.
1.569 tobias 234: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 235: <li>A SATA drive around 250Gb for a ProLiant DL145 G2 needed in Hannover, Germany.
1.571 reyk 236: Contact reyk@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 237: <li>Narrow SCSI (50pin) disk drive 4GB or more, 3.5" size
1.637 kurt 238: is needed near New York City, USA.
239: Contact kurt@openbsd.org.
1.710 kettenis 240: <li>Sun StorEdge MultiPack-FC desktop array needed in Assen, The Netherlands.
1.650 kettenis 241: Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
1.718 deraadt 242: <li>A variety pack of shortish (SPF connectors on at least one end) fibers
243: wanted in Calgary.
244: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.760 ajacouto 245: <li>An HP All-in-one (printer-fax-scanner) network and USB (print/hpijs),
246: needed for support in ports in Paris, France.
1.749 ajacouto 247: Contact ajacoutot@openbsd.org
1.787 blambert 248: <li>Interesting bit of <a href="http://www.openpandora.org/">
249: portable ARM hardware</a> wanted in Oslo, Norway.
250: Contact blambert@openbsd.org
1.794 ratchov 251: <li>A 1.8" IDE hard disk suitable to replace the dead hardisk of a
252: thinkpad x40 (ex, KingSpec 1.8" PATA/IDE SSD) is needed
253: in Grenoble, France.
254: Contact ratchov@openbsd.org
1.798 sebastia 255: <li>Any kind of DCC (Digital Command Control) capable controller, used to
256: control digital model railroads. Actually needed to test misc/srcpd
257: with real hardware. Parts needed in Brandenburg a. d. Havel, Germany.
258: Contact sebastia@openbsd.org
1.815 sebastia 259: <li>My Toshiba Libretto U500 seems to die slowly, which means I'm out of a notebook.
260: I'd like to have a new one ;) Otherwise, for the GNUstep and other ports, a PPC,
261: ARM or AMD64 based notebook would also be fine.
1.817 mikeb 262: Contact sebastia@openbsd.org
1.808 matthew 263: <li>A USB drive that supports "USB Attached SCSI" wanted in San Francisco, CA, USA.
264: Contact matthew@openbsd.org.
1.825 mikeb 265: <li>Cisco ASA 5505 with a license for IPsec tunnels is needed in Aachen,
1.816 mikeb 266: Germany. Any other IPsec and/or IKEv2 capable equipment is welcomed too.
267: Contact mikeb@openbsd.org.
1.818 jasper 268: <li>Parallax Propeller board, like <a href="http://www.adafruit.com/products/312">
269: Propeller Platform USB</a>, for porting and testing development/programming
270: software in ports, needed in Gorinchem, the Netherlands.
271: Contact jasper@openbsd.org.
1.845 ! lum 272: <li>Medium size (13-14 inch screen) laptop or notebook required for development
! 273: while commuting.
! 274: Contact lum@openbsd.org, location London, UK.
1.653 kevlo 275: </ul>
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1.438 ray 279: <h2><font color="#e00000">Software wanted</font></h2>
1.404 espie 280: <ul>
1.438 ray 281: <li>Licenses for recent Maple for Linux, or Mathematica, or similar
1.404 espie 282: software. I no longer use these for regular work, but I would be willing
1.438 ray 283: to try and make sure it can be installed seamlessly through the ports
1.404 espie 284: tree.
1.522 deraadt 285: Contact espie@openbsd.org.
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