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1.653     kevlo      17: <h2><font color="#e00000">Hardware wanted</font></h2>
1.228     jufi       18: <hr>
1.1       deraadt    19:
1.325     deraadt    20: The following list outlines hardware that the OpenBSD project could use.
                     21: There are a number of reasons why developers need hardware, and it is important
                     22: to first of all realize these reasons:
                     23: <ul>
                     24: <li>To support a specific device, normally one which is more rare or new.
1.831     miod       25: <li>To be part of their development environment.
1.653     kevlo      26: <li>Some types of machines may be different in some way
1.741     sobrado    27:     (i.e. big-endian or unsigned-char) and ensure that developers
1.325     deraadt    28:     write code more carefully.
1.831     miod       29: <li>That said, space or power may be at a premium for some people.
1.653     kevlo      30: </ul>
1.1       deraadt    31: <p>
                     32:
1.78      deraadt    33: If you do not own these devices, but want to help us, we recommend you
1.653     kevlo      34: search on <a href="http://www.ebay.com">eBay</a> for the devices.  If
1.78      deraadt    35: you do the bidding and then get the device shipped to us, it really
1.325     deraadt    36: helps us.  It is better if developers develop, and skip the bidding process,
1.653     kevlo      37: since any time saved can be spent on improving OpenBSD instead.<p>
1.258     david      38:
1.325     deraadt    39: If it is clear which specific developer should be contacted, please do
                     40: so directly.  Otherwise contact <a href="mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org">Theo de Raadt</a>
1.653     kevlo      41: who will pass on the message to whichever developers are in need.<p>
1.22      deraadt    42:
1.325     deraadt    43: Please be very clear as to where you are located!!  For larger items this
                     44: can be very important.
1.1       deraadt    45:
1.653     kevlo      46: <hr>
1.22      deraadt    47:
1.331     jolan      48: <h3><font color="#e00000">Specific developers to contact for various reasons</font></h3>
1.228     jufi       49: <ul>
1.325     deraadt    50: <li>miod@openbsd.org and martin@openbsd.org for "older hardware" in Europe.
1.653     kevlo      51: <li>deraadt@openbsd.org for any general offers or questions.
                     52: </ul>
1.325     deraadt    53: If you do not get a response from these developers, please consider
                     54: contacting another developer.
1.280     miod       55: <p>
1.1       deraadt    56:
1.653     kevlo      57: <h3><font color="#e00000">General device requirements.</font></h3>
1.325     deraadt    58: We try to spread these types of devices around our development community.
1.313     jsg        59: <ul>
1.494     deraadt    60: <li><em>Narrow SCSI</em> disk drives of 2GB or more, 3.5" size.
                     61:     (Narrow SCSI means 50pin).<br>
                     62:     Many developers are running out of these drives, which are needed
                     63:     to continue supporting older hardware.<br>
1.653     kevlo      64: <li>Laptops.  These die often enough that our developers need about 2-3
1.325     deraadt    65:     replacements a year.
1.653     kevlo      66: <li>Apple Mac powerpc equipment.
1.670     deraadt    67: <li>HP J6750 machines (J6700 is the second best choice).
1.912     deraadt    68: <li>Faster &amp; smaller sparc64 machines, for instance 1U rack mount
                     69:     machines.  It is important to spread sparc64 around the development
1.913     sthen      70:     community, since it is the most strict platform for detecting non-portable
1.912     deraadt    71:     or buggy code.
1.653     kevlo      72: <li>Any amd64 or faster i386 hardware which comes available.
                     73: <li>We generally do not need older and "very common" ISA/PCI equipment, since
1.325     deraadt    74:     our developers will generally have gotten their hands on these in the
                     75:     past.
1.653     kevlo      76: </ul>
1.325     deraadt    77: <p>
1.313     jsg        78:
1.653     kevlo      79: <h3><font color="#e00000">10Gb Ethernet Support</font></h3>
1.843     deraadt    80: David Gwynne (in Australia), Mike Belopuhov (in Germany), and Claudio Jeker (in
1.518     dlg        81: Switzerland) are working on support for 10 Gigabit Ethernet devices. These
                     82: developers would like the following hardware to help development:
                     83: <ul>
1.844     mikeb      84:   <li>10GbaseSR SFP+ modules for use in 10Gb network cards
1.653     kevlo      85:   <li>Switches with 10Gb modules for hacking
1.844     mikeb      86:   <li>Direct Attach (SFP+) and CX4 cabling
1.727     jsg        87:   <li>optical cabling with LC connectors (for 10GbaseSR and 10GbaseLR)
1.844     mikeb      88:   <li>Broadcom, Emulex (ServerEngines) and QLogic 10Gb NICs for driver
                     89:       development
1.653     kevlo      90: </ul>
1.843     deraadt    91: Contact dlg@openbsd.org, mikeb@openbsd.org, and claudio@openbsd.org.
1.653     kevlo      92: </p>
1.518     dlg        93:
1.741     sobrado    94: <h3><font color="#e00000">Specific platform requests by our developers</font></h3>
1.737     jasper     95: <ul>
                     96: <!--
                     97:        Please (un)comment the relevant platform for your request.
                     98: -->
                     99:
1.831     miod      100: <!-- <li><i>alpha:</i> -->
1.917     mpi       101: <!-- <li><i>amd64:</i> -->
1.737     jasper    102: <!-- <li><i>armish:</i> -->
1.895     miod      103: <li><i>aviion:</i>
                    104: <ul>
                    105: <li>A working 400, 4000 or 4300 motherboard, preferrably with two processors.
                    106:     Contact miod@openbsd.org.
                    107: </ul>
1.896     jasper    108: <!-- <li><i>armv7:</i> -->
1.737     jasper    109: <!-- <li><i>hp300:</i> -->
1.742     dtucker   110: <!-- <li><i>hppa:</i> -->
1.737     jasper    111: <li><i>hppa64:</i>
                    112: <ul>
                    113: <li>HP J6700/J6750 2U machines.  Note these are fairly cheap on Ebay
                    114:     at the moment.
                    115:     Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
                    116: </ul>
                    117: <li><i>i386:</i>
                    118: <ul>
                    119: <li>A <a href="http://www.commell.com.tw/Product/SBC/LE-565.HTM">Commmell LE-565</a>
                    120:     motherboard is needed in Australia.
                    121:     Contact djm@openbsd.org.
                    122: <li>Four Dell R610 (or similar) 2.5" SAS drive sleds.
                    123:     Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.852     espie     124: <li>Two DRAC (remote access cards) for Dell 1750 servers.
                    125:     Contact espie@openbsd.org.
1.737     jasper    126: </ul>
                    127: <!-- <li><i>landisk:</i> -->
1.928     pea       128: <li><i>loongson:</i>
                    129: <ul>
                    130: <li>A Lemote Fuloong mini PC is needed in France for ports testing.
                    131:     Contact pea@openbsd.org.
1.931     juanfra   132: <li>A loongson system with HDD is needed in Spain for ports testing. Only
                    133:     shipments from EU.
                    134:     Contact juanfra@openbsd.org.
1.928     pea       135: </ul>
1.737     jasper    136: <!-- <li><i>luna88k:</i> -->
                    137: <!-- <li><i>mac68k:</i> -->
1.807     landry    138: <li><i>macppc:</i>
                    139: <ul>
1.829     benoit    140: <li>A G4 Mac mini or a PowerMac G5 is needed in France for ports testing and development.
                    141:     Contact benoit@openbsd.org
1.918     tobiasu   142: <li>A fast Mac mini G4 for GNAT (Ada) support on powerpc is needed in
                    143:     Germany. They go for about EUR 55 on fleabay. Contact tobiasu@openbsd.org
1.807     landry    144: </ul>
1.737     jasper    145: <!-- <li><i>mvme68k:</i> -->
                    146: <!-- <li><i>mvme88k:</i> -->
1.868     jasper    147: <li><i>octeon:</i>
                    148: <ul>
1.873     jasper    149: <li>Any unsupported OCTEON hardware, such as
1.886     jasper    150:   the D-Link <a href="http://www.dlink.com/uk/en/business-solutions/security/services-routers/dsr-500n-wireless-n-unified-services-router">DSR-500(N)</a>,
                    151:   <a href="http://www.dlink.com/uk/en/business-solutions/security/services-routers/dsr-1000n-wireless-n-dual-band-unified-service-router">DSR-1000(N)</a>
                    152:   or Lanner <a href="http://www.lannerinc.com/network_processor_platforms/MR-320">MR-320</a>,
                    153:   <a href="http://www.lannerinc.com/network_processor_platforms/MR-330">MR-330</a>,
                    154:   <a href="http://www.lannerinc.com/network_processor_platforms/MR-730">MR-730</a>,
                    155:   or Portwell <a href="http://www.portwell.com/products/detail.asp?CUSTCHAR1=KILIN-6005">KILIN-6005</a>.
1.868     jasper    156:   are needed for testing and development in Gorinchem, The Netherlands.
                    157:   Contact jasper@openbsd.org.
                    158: </ul>
1.737     jasper    159: <!-- <li><i>palm:</i> -->
1.840     miod      160: <!-- <li><i>sgi:</i> -->
1.737     jasper    161: <li><i>socppc:</i>
                    162: <ul>
                    163: <li>A <a href="http://www.thecus.com/products_over.php?cid=12&pid=24&set_language=english">Thecus N1200</a>
                    164:     is needed in Australia.
                    165:     Contact djm@openbsd.org.
                    166: </ul>
                    167: <!-- <li><i>solbourne:</i> -->
1.865     ajacouto  168: <li><i>sparc:</i>
                    169: <ul>
                    170: <li>A removable hard drive for SPARCbook (Tadpole S3GX), preferably 2GB or bigger,
                    171:     needed in Paris, France.
                    172:     Contact ajacoutot@openbsd.org.
                    173: </ul>
1.737     jasper    174: <li><i>sparc64:</i>
1.228     jufi      175: <ul>
1.866     deraadt   176: <li>Disk drive caddies for the T5120/5220/5140/5240-series machines
                    177:     (with disks in them, or empty).
                    178:     Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.737     jasper    179: </ul>
1.819     miod      180: <li><i>vax:</i>
                    181: <ul>
                    182: <li>A DWCTX-BX TURBOchannel adapter for VAXstation 4000/60 and VAXstation 4000/{90,96}
                    183:     is needed in France.
                    184:     Contact miod@openbsd.org.
                    185: </ul>
1.846     bmercer   186: <!-- <li><i>zaurus:</i> -->
1.888     ratchov   187: <!-- <li><i>Miscellaneous:</i> -->
1.899     miod      188: </ul>
1.737     jasper    189: </p>
                    190:
1.741     sobrado   191: <h3><font color="#e00000">Specific cards needed by our developers</font></h3>
1.737     jasper    192: <ul>
1.653     kevlo     193: <li>An Intel IOP348 based SAS controller (such as the Supermicro AOC-USAS-S4i)
1.606     deraadt   194:     to help in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sli&amp;sektion=4">sli(4)</a>
                    195:     development. Needed in Brisbane, Australia.
                    196:     Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.774     dlg       197: <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.
                    198:     Needed in Brisbane, Australia.
                    199:     Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.766     dlg       200: <li>A Sun Flash Accelerator F20 PCIe card.
                    201:     Needed in Brisbane, Australia.
                    202:     Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.764     dlg       203: <li>A PCIe to SD/MMC Card reader controller such as the JMicron JMB38X family.
                    204:     Needed in Brisbane, Australia.
                    205:     Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
1.737     jasper    206: <li>QLogic ISP10160 SCSI adapter needed in Assen, the Netherlands.
                    207:     Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
1.895     miod      208: <li>Some kind of Magma 1 (or 3) slot Expresscard-&gt;PCIe expansion system, for
1.737     jasper    209:     improving our PCI drivers.
                    210:     Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.841     jsg       211: <li>CardBus serial adapter to unify PCI/CardBus serial code.
1.821     jsg       212:     Needed in Melbourne, Australia.  Contact jsg@openbsd.org.
1.859     dtucker   213: <li>Any VIA Rhine (VT610x) 10/100 PCI ethernet cards.
1.847     dtucker   214:     Contact dtucker@openbsd.org.
1.931     juanfra   215: <li>An ATI/AMD Radeon fanless PCI-Express card is needed in Spain. Only models
                    216:     HD4000 or greater and fully supported by OpenBSD.
                    217:     Contact juanfra@openbsd.org.
1.737     jasper    218: </ul>
                    219: </p>
                    220:
1.741     sobrado   221: <h3><font color="#e00000">Specific devices and equipment needed by our developers</font></h3>
1.737     jasper    222: <ul>
1.653     kevlo     223: <li>Any device (monitor or projector) able to output a 1728x2304 image,
1.578     miod      224:     sync on green, with either a 13W3 or an HD15 connector needed in France.
1.442     deraadt   225:     Contact miod@openbsd.org, short-term loan acceptable.
1.653     kevlo     226: <li>TI TUSB3140 serial USB adapter in Calgary.
1.569     tobias    227:     Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.710     kettenis  228: <li>Sun StorEdge MultiPack-FC desktop array needed in Assen, The Netherlands.
1.650     kettenis  229:     Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
1.718     deraadt   230: <li>A variety pack of shortish (SPF connectors on at least one end) fibers
                    231:     wanted in Calgary.
                    232:     Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.787     blambert  233: <li>Interesting bit of <a href="http://www.openpandora.org/">
                    234:     portable ARM hardware</a> wanted in Oslo, Norway.
                    235:     Contact blambert@openbsd.org
1.798     sebastia  236: <li>Any kind of DCC (Digital Command Control) capable controller, used to
                    237:     control digital model railroads. Actually needed to test misc/srcpd
1.854     sebastia  238:     with real hardware. Parts needed in Brandenburg, Germany.
1.817     mikeb     239:     Contact sebastia@openbsd.org
1.808     matthew   240: <li>A USB drive that supports "USB Attached SCSI" wanted in San Francisco, CA, USA.
                    241:     Contact matthew@openbsd.org.
1.851     stsp      242: <li>Laptops or other devices containing card readers of the Realtek RTS card
                    243:     reader product family, which are not yet supported by the rtsx(4) driver,
                    244:     are welcome in Berlin, Germany.
                    245:     The PCI vendor ID of these card readers is 0x10ec. Known PCI product IDs
1.901     stsp      246:     of unsupported card readers are 0x5289, 0x5227, 0x5249, and 0x5287.
                    247:     Short-term loan acceptable.  Contact stsp@openbsd.org.
1.870     stsp      248: <li>Laptops or other devices containing Elantech touchpads with hardware
                    249:     versions 1, 2, and 4 are wanted in Berlin, Germany. Short-term loan
                    250:     acceptable. Contact stsp@openbsd.org.
1.875     eric      251: <li>A fast and small laptop to replace my aging thinkpad x40 (x220 or x230
                    252:     would be perfect) to work on ASR, smtpd and more.
                    253:     Money to help buy one would be great too.
                    254:     Contact eric@openbsd.org
1.915     mpi       255: <li>Any USB SuperSpeed (3.0) device using isochronous transfers, generally
                    256:     webcams or cameras, needed in Aachen, Germany.
                    257:     Contact mpi@openbsd.org.
1.921     stsp      258: <li>Alix APU boards are needed for wifi hacking in Berlin, Germany.
                    259:     Contact stsp@openbsd.org
1.653     kevlo     260: </ul>
1.159     fgsch     261: <p>
                    262:
1.653     kevlo     263: <hr>
1.438     ray       264: <h2><font color="#e00000">Software wanted</font></h2>
1.404     espie     265: <ul>
1.438     ray       266: <li>Licenses for recent Maple for Linux, or Mathematica, or similar
1.404     espie     267:     software. I no longer use these for regular work, but I would be willing
1.438     ray       268:     to try and make sure it can be installed seamlessly through the ports
1.404     espie     269:     tree.
1.522     deraadt   270:     Contact espie@openbsd.org.
1.653     kevlo     271: </ul>
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