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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>
1.843     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.
                    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.
1.852     espie     128: <li>Two DRAC (remote access cards) for Dell 1750 servers.
                    129:     Contact espie@openbsd.org.
1.737     jasper    130: </ul>
                    131: <!-- <li><i>landisk:</i> -->
1.771     pirofti   132: <!-- <li><i>loongson:</i> -->
1.737     jasper    133: <!-- <li><i>luna88k:</i> -->
                    134: <!-- <li><i>mac68k:</i> -->
1.807     landry    135: <li><i>macppc:</i>
                    136: <ul>
                    137: <li>An Xserve G4 (or G5 w/ PATA disks) is needed in France for ports testing and development.
                    138:     Contact landry@openbsd.org.
1.829     benoit    139: <li>A G4 Mac mini or a PowerMac G5 is needed in France for ports testing and development.
                    140:     Contact benoit@openbsd.org
1.807     landry    141: </ul>
1.737     jasper    142: <!-- <li><i>mvme68k:</i> -->
                    143: <!-- <li><i>mvme88k:</i> -->
                    144: <!-- <li><i>palm:</i> -->
1.840     miod      145: <!-- <li><i>sgi:</i> -->
1.737     jasper    146: <li><i>socppc:</i>
                    147: <ul>
                    148: <li>A <a href="http://www.thecus.com/products_over.php?cid=12&pid=24&set_language=english">Thecus N1200</a>
                    149:     is needed in Australia.
                    150:     Contact djm@openbsd.org.
                    151: </ul>
                    152: <!-- <li><i>solbourne:</i> -->
                    153: <!-- <li><i>sparc:</i> -->
                    154: <li><i>sparc64:</i>
1.228     jufi      155: <ul>
1.737     jasper    156: <li>An SBus-based UltraSPARC workstation, preferably a Sun
                    157:     Ultra 2, needed in Assen, The Netherlands.
                    158:     Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
                    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>
1.846     bmercer   166: <!-- <li><i>zaurus:</i> -->
1.737     jasper    167: <li><i>Miscellaneous:</i>
                    168: <ul>
                    169: <li>Itanium 1U or 2U machines wanted in various places.
                    170:     Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
                    171: <li>Low profile machine with azalia(4) in France.
                    172:     Contact ratchov@openbsd.org.
                    173: </ul>
                    174:
                    175: </ul>
                    176: </p>
                    177:
1.741     sobrado   178: <h3><font color="#e00000">Specific cards needed by our developers</font></h3>
1.737     jasper    179: <ul>
1.653     kevlo     180: <li>An Intel IOP348 based SAS controller (such as the Supermicro AOC-USAS-S4i)
1.606     deraadt   181:     to help in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sli&amp;sektion=4">sli(4)</a>
                    182:     development. Needed in Brisbane, Australia.
                    183:     Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.774     dlg       184: <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.
                    185:     Needed in Brisbane, Australia.
                    186:     Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.766     dlg       187: <li>A Sun Flash Accelerator F20 PCIe card.
                    188:     Needed in Brisbane, Australia.
                    189:     Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.764     dlg       190: <li>A PCIe to SD/MMC Card reader controller such as the JMicron JMB38X family.
                    191:     Needed in Brisbane, Australia.
                    192:     Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.737     jasper    193: <li>QLogic ISP10160 SCSI adapter needed in Assen, the Netherlands.
                    194:     Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
                    195: <li>Some kind of Magma 1 (or 3) slot Expresscard->PCIe expansion system, for
                    196:     improving our PCI drivers.
                    197:     Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
                    198: <li>Sun XVR-300 framebuffer needed in Assen, the Netherlands.  Contact
                    199:     kettenis@openbsd.org.
1.841     jsg       200: <li>CardBus serial adapter to unify PCI/CardBus serial code.
1.821     jsg       201:     Needed in Melbourne, Australia.  Contact jsg@openbsd.org.
1.848     dtucker   202: <li>Any VIA Rhine III VT6105M 10/100 PCI ethernet card (possibly Soekris
                    203:     lan1741 or RouterBoard RB44, but any single or multi port should do)
                    204:     for vr(4) testing needed in Sydney, Australia.
1.847     dtucker   205:     Contact dtucker@openbsd.org.
1.737     jasper    206: </ul>
                    207: </p>
                    208:
1.741     sobrado   209: <h3><font color="#e00000">Specific devices and equipment needed by our developers</font></h3>
1.737     jasper    210: <ul>
                    211: <li>Any MPLS capable equipment for interoperability testing. E.g. Cisco 1841.
                    212:     Contact michele@openbsd.org and claudio@openbsd.org.
                    213: <li>Bluetooth devices, especially phones, keyboards, mice, and headsets.
1.739     jasper    214:     Contact xsa@openbsd.org.
1.724     matthieu  215: <li>A CF- and SDIO-attached GPS receiver and device that provide exact time
                    216:     information for timedelta sensor related development radio clock in
                    217:     Sunnyvale, USA.
                    218:     Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
                    219: <li>A <a href="http://www.bwi.com/prod/572922">MiniPCI GPS Receiver</a>
                    220:     for timedelta sensor related development in Sunnyvale, USA.
                    221:     The appropriate antenna and MiniPCI-to-PCI adapters would also be useful.
                    222:     Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
1.653     kevlo     223: <li>Serial attached GPS receivers with pulse-per-second outputs and weather-
1.724     matthieu  224:     resistant enclosures in Sunnyvale, USA.
1.577     ckuethe   225:     Requested models include Magellan AC12, NovAtel SuperStarII Smart Antenna,
                    226:     Motorola OnCore UT+, Motorola/iLotus/Synergy M12M (Timing), SigNav TM3-01,
                    227:     NavSync CW25-TIM.
1.724     matthieu  228:     Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
1.653     kevlo     229: <li>CDMA clock (Praecis Ct or similar) in Sunnyvale, USA.
1.586     ckuethe   230:     Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
1.653     kevlo     231: <li>Any device (monitor or projector) able to output a 1728x2304 image,
1.578     miod      232:     sync on green, with either a 13W3 or an HD15 connector needed in France.
1.442     deraadt   233:     Contact miod@openbsd.org, short-term loan acceptable.
1.653     kevlo     234: <li>TI TUSB3140 serial USB adapter in Calgary.
1.569     tobias    235:     Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.653     kevlo     236: <li>A SATA drive around 250Gb for a ProLiant DL145 G2 needed in Hannover, Germany.
1.571     reyk      237:     Contact reyk@openbsd.org.
1.653     kevlo     238: <li>Narrow SCSI (50pin) disk drive 4GB or more, 3.5" size
1.637     kurt      239:     is needed near New York City, USA.
                    240:     Contact kurt@openbsd.org.
1.710     kettenis  241: <li>Sun StorEdge MultiPack-FC desktop array needed in Assen, The Netherlands.
1.650     kettenis  242:     Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
1.718     deraadt   243: <li>A variety pack of shortish (SPF connectors on at least one end) fibers
                    244:     wanted in Calgary.
                    245:     Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.787     blambert  246: <li>Interesting bit of <a href="http://www.openpandora.org/">
                    247:     portable ARM hardware</a> wanted in Oslo, Norway.
                    248:     Contact blambert@openbsd.org
1.794     ratchov   249: <li>A 1.8" IDE hard disk suitable to replace the dead hardisk of a
                    250:     thinkpad x40 (ex, KingSpec 1.8" PATA/IDE SSD) is needed
                    251:     in Grenoble, France.
                    252:     Contact ratchov@openbsd.org
1.798     sebastia  253: <li>Any kind of DCC (Digital Command Control) capable controller, used to
                    254:     control digital model railroads. Actually needed to test misc/srcpd
1.854   ! sebastia  255:     with real hardware. Parts needed in Brandenburg, Germany.
1.817     mikeb     256:     Contact sebastia@openbsd.org
1.854   ! sebastia  257: <li>Medium size (13-14 inch screen) laptop or notebook required for development
        !           258:     while commuting.
        !           259:     Contact sebastia@openbsd.org, location Brandenburg, Germany
1.808     matthew   260: <li>A USB drive that supports "USB Attached SCSI" wanted in San Francisco, CA, USA.
                    261:     Contact matthew@openbsd.org.
1.825     mikeb     262: <li>Cisco ASA 5505 with a license for IPsec tunnels is needed in Aachen,
1.816     mikeb     263:     Germany.  Any other IPsec and/or IKEv2 capable equipment is welcomed too.
                    264:     Contact mikeb@openbsd.org.
1.849     jasper    265: <li><a href="http://papilio.cc/index.php?n=Papilio.Buy">Papilio One board</a>
                    266:     for porting and testing development/programming software in ports,
                    267:     needed in Gorinchem, the Netherlands.
1.818     jasper    268:     Contact jasper@openbsd.org.
1.845     lum       269: <li>Medium size (13-14 inch screen) laptop or notebook required for development
                    270:     while commuting.
                    271:     Contact lum@openbsd.org, location London, UK.
1.851     stsp      272: <li>Laptops or other devices containing card readers of the Realtek RTS card
                    273:     reader product family, which are not yet supported by the rtsx(4) driver,
                    274:     are welcome in Berlin, Germany.
                    275:     The PCI vendor ID of these card readers is 0x10ec. Known PCI product IDs
                    276:     of unsupported card readers are 0x5229 and 0x5289.
                    277:     Contact stsp@openbsd.org.
1.653     kevlo     278: </ul>
1.159     fgsch     279: <p>
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1.438     ray       282: <h2><font color="#e00000">Software wanted</font></h2>
1.404     espie     283: <ul>
1.438     ray       284: <li>Licenses for recent Maple for Linux, or Mathematica, or similar
1.404     espie     285:     software. I no longer use these for regular work, but I would be willing
1.438     ray       286:     to try and make sure it can be installed seamlessly through the ports
1.404     espie     287:     tree.
1.522     deraadt   288:     Contact espie@openbsd.org.
1.653     kevlo     289: </ul>
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