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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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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> -->
1.855 martynas 132: <li><i>loongson:</i>
133: <ul>
134: <li>A Loongson 3A machine needed in Vilnius, Lithuania or Zurich, Switzerland
135: or Mountain View, CA, USA.
136: Contact martynas@openbsd.org.
137: </ul>
1.737 jasper 138: <!-- <li><i>luna88k:</i> -->
139: <!-- <li><i>mac68k:</i> -->
1.807 landry 140: <li><i>macppc:</i>
141: <ul>
142: <li>An Xserve G4 (or G5 w/ PATA disks) is needed in France for ports testing and development.
143: Contact landry@openbsd.org.
1.829 benoit 144: <li>A G4 Mac mini or a PowerMac G5 is needed in France for ports testing and development.
145: Contact benoit@openbsd.org
1.807 landry 146: </ul>
1.737 jasper 147: <!-- <li><i>mvme68k:</i> -->
148: <!-- <li><i>mvme88k:</i> -->
149: <!-- <li><i>palm:</i> -->
1.840 miod 150: <!-- <li><i>sgi:</i> -->
1.737 jasper 151: <li><i>socppc:</i>
152: <ul>
153: <li>A <a href="http://www.thecus.com/products_over.php?cid=12&pid=24&set_language=english">Thecus N1200</a>
154: is needed in Australia.
155: Contact djm@openbsd.org.
156: </ul>
157: <!-- <li><i>solbourne:</i> -->
158: <!-- <li><i>sparc:</i> -->
159: <li><i>sparc64:</i>
1.228 jufi 160: <ul>
1.737 jasper 161: <li>An SBus-based UltraSPARC workstation, preferably a Sun
162: Ultra 2, needed in Assen, The Netherlands.
163: Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
164: </ul>
1.819 miod 165: <li><i>vax:</i>
166: <ul>
167: <li>A DWCTX-BX TURBOchannel adapter for VAXstation 4000/60 and VAXstation 4000/{90,96}
168: is needed in France.
169: Contact miod@openbsd.org.
170: </ul>
1.846 bmercer 171: <!-- <li><i>zaurus:</i> -->
1.737 jasper 172: <li><i>Miscellaneous:</i>
173: <ul>
174: <li>Itanium 1U or 2U machines wanted in various places.
175: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
176: <li>Low profile machine with azalia(4) in France.
177: Contact ratchov@openbsd.org.
178: </ul>
179:
180: </ul>
181: </p>
182:
1.741 sobrado 183: <h3><font color="#e00000">Specific cards needed by our developers</font></h3>
1.737 jasper 184: <ul>
1.653 kevlo 185: <li>An Intel IOP348 based SAS controller (such as the Supermicro AOC-USAS-S4i)
1.606 deraadt 186: to help in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sli&sektion=4">sli(4)</a>
187: development. Needed in Brisbane, Australia.
188: Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.774 dlg 189: <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.
190: Needed in Brisbane, Australia.
191: Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.766 dlg 192: <li>A Sun Flash Accelerator F20 PCIe card.
193: Needed in Brisbane, Australia.
194: Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.764 dlg 195: <li>A PCIe to SD/MMC Card reader controller such as the JMicron JMB38X family.
196: Needed in Brisbane, Australia.
197: Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.737 jasper 198: <li>QLogic ISP10160 SCSI adapter needed in Assen, the Netherlands.
199: Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
200: <li>Some kind of Magma 1 (or 3) slot Expresscard->PCIe expansion system, for
201: improving our PCI drivers.
202: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
203: <li>Sun XVR-300 framebuffer needed in Assen, the Netherlands. Contact
204: kettenis@openbsd.org.
1.841 jsg 205: <li>CardBus serial adapter to unify PCI/CardBus serial code.
1.821 jsg 206: Needed in Melbourne, Australia. Contact jsg@openbsd.org.
1.859 dtucker 207: <li>Any VIA Rhine (VT610x) 10/100 PCI ethernet cards.
1.847 dtucker 208: Contact dtucker@openbsd.org.
1.737 jasper 209: </ul>
210: </p>
211:
1.741 sobrado 212: <h3><font color="#e00000">Specific devices and equipment needed by our developers</font></h3>
1.737 jasper 213: <ul>
214: <li>Any MPLS capable equipment for interoperability testing. E.g. Cisco 1841.
215: Contact michele@openbsd.org and claudio@openbsd.org.
216: <li>Bluetooth devices, especially phones, keyboards, mice, and headsets.
1.739 jasper 217: Contact xsa@openbsd.org.
1.724 matthieu 218: <li>A CF- and SDIO-attached GPS receiver and device that provide exact time
219: information for timedelta sensor related development radio clock in
220: Sunnyvale, USA.
221: Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
222: <li>A <a href="http://www.bwi.com/prod/572922">MiniPCI GPS Receiver</a>
223: for timedelta sensor related development in Sunnyvale, USA.
224: The appropriate antenna and MiniPCI-to-PCI adapters would also be useful.
225: Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 226: <li>Serial attached GPS receivers with pulse-per-second outputs and weather-
1.724 matthieu 227: resistant enclosures in Sunnyvale, USA.
1.577 ckuethe 228: Requested models include Magellan AC12, NovAtel SuperStarII Smart Antenna,
229: Motorola OnCore UT+, Motorola/iLotus/Synergy M12M (Timing), SigNav TM3-01,
230: NavSync CW25-TIM.
1.724 matthieu 231: Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 232: <li>CDMA clock (Praecis Ct or similar) in Sunnyvale, USA.
1.586 ckuethe 233: Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 234: <li>Any device (monitor or projector) able to output a 1728x2304 image,
1.578 miod 235: sync on green, with either a 13W3 or an HD15 connector needed in France.
1.442 deraadt 236: Contact miod@openbsd.org, short-term loan acceptable.
1.653 kevlo 237: <li>TI TUSB3140 serial USB adapter in Calgary.
1.569 tobias 238: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 239: <li>A SATA drive around 250Gb for a ProLiant DL145 G2 needed in Hannover, Germany.
1.571 reyk 240: Contact reyk@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 241: <li>Narrow SCSI (50pin) disk drive 4GB or more, 3.5" size
1.637 kurt 242: is needed near New York City, USA.
243: Contact kurt@openbsd.org.
1.710 kettenis 244: <li>Sun StorEdge MultiPack-FC desktop array needed in Assen, The Netherlands.
1.650 kettenis 245: Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
1.718 deraadt 246: <li>A variety pack of shortish (SPF connectors on at least one end) fibers
247: wanted in Calgary.
248: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.787 blambert 249: <li>Interesting bit of <a href="http://www.openpandora.org/">
250: portable ARM hardware</a> wanted in Oslo, Norway.
251: Contact blambert@openbsd.org
1.794 ratchov 252: <li>A 1.8" IDE hard disk suitable to replace the dead hardisk of a
253: thinkpad x40 (ex, KingSpec 1.8" PATA/IDE SSD) is needed
254: in Grenoble, France.
255: Contact ratchov@openbsd.org
1.798 sebastia 256: <li>Any kind of DCC (Digital Command Control) capable controller, used to
257: control digital model railroads. Actually needed to test misc/srcpd
1.854 sebastia 258: with real hardware. Parts needed in Brandenburg, Germany.
1.817 mikeb 259: Contact sebastia@openbsd.org
1.854 sebastia 260: <li>Medium size (13-14 inch screen) laptop or notebook required for development
261: while commuting.
262: Contact sebastia@openbsd.org, location Brandenburg, Germany
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.
1.849 jasper 268: <li><a href="http://papilio.cc/index.php?n=Papilio.Buy">Papilio One board</a>
269: for porting and testing development/programming software in ports,
270: needed in Gorinchem, the Netherlands.
1.818 jasper 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.
1.851 stsp 275: <li>Laptops or other devices containing card readers of the Realtek RTS card
276: reader product family, which are not yet supported by the rtsx(4) driver,
277: are welcome in Berlin, Germany.
278: The PCI vendor ID of these card readers is 0x10ec. Known PCI product IDs
279: of unsupported card readers are 0x5229 and 0x5289.
280: Contact stsp@openbsd.org.
1.855 martynas 281: <li>A laptop needed for hacking while commuting, preferably Asus Zenbook.
282: In Vilnius, Lithuania or Zurich, Switzerland or Mountain View, CA, USA.
283: Contact martynas@openbsd.org.
1.858 jasper 284: <li>Two sets of rackmount rails compatible with a Sun Fire T1000 are needed
285: in the Netherlands.
286: Contact jasper@openbsd.org or otto@openbsd.org.
1.860 ! jsg 287: <li>A ThinkPad X40 or X41 and UltraBase X4 for getting KMS to work on pre 965
! 288: Intel graphics, needed in Melbourne, Australia.
! 289: Contact jsg@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 290: </ul>
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1.438 ray 294: <h2><font color="#e00000">Software wanted</font></h2>
1.404 espie 295: <ul>
1.438 ray 296: <li>Licenses for recent Maple for Linux, or Mathematica, or similar
1.404 espie 297: software. I no longer use these for regular work, but I would be willing
1.438 ray 298: to try and make sure it can be installed seamlessly through the ports
1.404 espie 299: tree.
1.522 deraadt 300: Contact espie@openbsd.org.
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