[BACK]Return to want.html CVS log [TXT][DIR] Up to [local] / www

Annotation of www/want.html, Revision 1.960

1.228     jufi        1: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
1.653     kevlo       2: <html>
                      3: <head>
1.20      mickey      4: <title>OpenBSD: Hardware Wanted</title>
1.653     kevlo       5: <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
1.1       deraadt     6: <meta name="description" content="the main OpenBSD page">
1.915     mpi         7: <meta name="copyright" content="This document copyright 1996-2014 by OpenBSD.">
1.653     kevlo       8: </head>
1.1       deraadt     9:
1.653     kevlo      10: <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#23238E">
                     11:
                     12: <a href="index.html"><img alt="[OpenBSD]" height="30" width="141" src="images/smalltitle.gif" border="0"></a>
1.1       deraadt    13: <p>
1.653     kevlo      14: <h2><font color="#e00000">Hardware wanted</font></h2>
1.228     jufi       15: <hr>
1.1       deraadt    16:
1.325     deraadt    17: The following list outlines hardware that the OpenBSD project could use.
                     18: There are a number of reasons why developers need hardware, and it is important
                     19: to first of all realize these reasons:
                     20: <ul>
                     21: <li>To support a specific device, normally one which is more rare or new.
1.831     miod       22: <li>To be part of their development environment.
1.653     kevlo      23: <li>Some types of machines may be different in some way
1.741     sobrado    24:     (i.e. big-endian or unsigned-char) and ensure that developers
1.325     deraadt    25:     write code more carefully.
1.831     miod       26: <li>That said, space or power may be at a premium for some people.
1.653     kevlo      27: </ul>
1.1       deraadt    28: <p>
                     29:
1.78      deraadt    30: If you do not own these devices, but want to help us, we recommend you
1.653     kevlo      31: search on <a href="http://www.ebay.com">eBay</a> for the devices.  If
1.78      deraadt    32: you do the bidding and then get the device shipped to us, it really
1.325     deraadt    33: helps us.  It is better if developers develop, and skip the bidding process,
1.653     kevlo      34: since any time saved can be spent on improving OpenBSD instead.<p>
1.258     david      35:
1.325     deraadt    36: If it is clear which specific developer should be contacted, please do
                     37: so directly.  Otherwise contact <a href="mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org">Theo de Raadt</a>
1.653     kevlo      38: who will pass on the message to whichever developers are in need.<p>
1.22      deraadt    39:
1.325     deraadt    40: Please be very clear as to where you are located!!  For larger items this
                     41: can be very important.
1.1       deraadt    42:
1.653     kevlo      43: <hr>
1.22      deraadt    44:
1.331     jolan      45: <h3><font color="#e00000">Specific developers to contact for various reasons</font></h3>
1.228     jufi       46: <ul>
1.958     mpi        47: <li>martin@openbsd.org for "older hardware" in Europe.
1.653     kevlo      48: <li>deraadt@openbsd.org for any general offers or questions.
                     49: </ul>
1.325     deraadt    50: If you do not get a response from these developers, please consider
                     51: contacting another developer.
1.280     miod       52: <p>
1.1       deraadt    53:
1.653     kevlo      54: <h3><font color="#e00000">General device requirements.</font></h3>
1.325     deraadt    55: We try to spread these types of devices around our development community.
1.313     jsg        56: <ul>
1.494     deraadt    57: <li><em>Narrow SCSI</em> disk drives of 2GB or more, 3.5" size.
                     58:     (Narrow SCSI means 50pin).<br>
                     59:     Many developers are running out of these drives, which are needed
                     60:     to continue supporting older hardware.<br>
1.653     kevlo      61: <li>Laptops.  These die often enough that our developers need about 2-3
1.325     deraadt    62:     replacements a year.
1.653     kevlo      63: <li>Apple Mac powerpc equipment.
1.670     deraadt    64: <li>HP J6750 machines (J6700 is the second best choice).
1.912     deraadt    65: <li>Faster &amp; smaller sparc64 machines, for instance 1U rack mount
                     66:     machines.  It is important to spread sparc64 around the development
1.913     sthen      67:     community, since it is the most strict platform for detecting non-portable
1.912     deraadt    68:     or buggy code.
1.653     kevlo      69: <li>Any amd64 or faster i386 hardware which comes available.
                     70: <li>We generally do not need older and "very common" ISA/PCI equipment, since
1.325     deraadt    71:     our developers will generally have gotten their hands on these in the
                     72:     past.
1.653     kevlo      73: </ul>
1.325     deraadt    74: <p>
1.313     jsg        75:
1.653     kevlo      76: <h3><font color="#e00000">10Gb Ethernet Support</font></h3>
1.843     deraadt    77: David Gwynne (in Australia), Mike Belopuhov (in Germany), and Claudio Jeker (in
1.518     dlg        78: Switzerland) are working on support for 10 Gigabit Ethernet devices. These
                     79: developers would like the following hardware to help development:
                     80: <ul>
1.844     mikeb      81:   <li>10GbaseSR SFP+ modules for use in 10Gb network cards
1.653     kevlo      82:   <li>Switches with 10Gb modules for hacking
1.844     mikeb      83:   <li>Direct Attach (SFP+) and CX4 cabling
1.727     jsg        84:   <li>optical cabling with LC connectors (for 10GbaseSR and 10GbaseLR)
1.844     mikeb      85:   <li>Broadcom, Emulex (ServerEngines) and QLogic 10Gb NICs for driver
                     86:       development
1.653     kevlo      87: </ul>
1.843     deraadt    88: Contact dlg@openbsd.org, mikeb@openbsd.org, and claudio@openbsd.org.
1.653     kevlo      89: </p>
1.518     dlg        90:
1.741     sobrado    91: <h3><font color="#e00000">Specific platform requests by our developers</font></h3>
1.737     jasper     92: <ul>
                     93: <!--
                     94:        Please (un)comment the relevant platform for your request.
                     95: -->
                     96:
1.831     miod       97: <!-- <li><i>alpha:</i> -->
1.943     jca        98: <!-- <li><i>amd64:</i> -->
1.737     jasper     99: <!-- <li><i>armish:</i> -->
1.959     mpi       100: <!-- <li><i>aviion:</i> -->
1.896     jasper    101: <!-- <li><i>armv7:</i> -->
1.737     jasper    102: <!-- <li><i>hp300:</i> -->
1.936     pascal    103: <li><i>hppa:</i>
                    104: <ul>
                    105: <li>A SCSI hard drive caddy for an HP C3750 is needed in Koblenz, Germany.
                    106:     Contact pascal@openbsd.org.
                    107: </ul>
1.737     jasper    108: <li><i>hppa64:</i>
                    109: <ul>
                    110: <li>HP J6700/J6750 2U machines.  Note these are fairly cheap on Ebay
                    111:     at the moment.
                    112:     Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
                    113: </ul>
                    114: <li><i>i386:</i>
                    115: <ul>
                    116: <li>A <a href="http://www.commell.com.tw/Product/SBC/LE-565.HTM">Commmell LE-565</a>
                    117:     motherboard is needed in Australia.
                    118:     Contact djm@openbsd.org.
                    119: <li>Four Dell R610 (or similar) 2.5" SAS drive sleds.
                    120:     Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.852     espie     121: <li>Two DRAC (remote access cards) for Dell 1750 servers.
                    122:     Contact espie@openbsd.org.
1.737     jasper    123: </ul>
                    124: <!-- <li><i>landisk:</i> -->
1.928     pea       125: <li><i>loongson:</i>
                    126: <ul>
                    127: <li>A Lemote Fuloong mini PC is needed in France for ports testing.
                    128:     Contact pea@openbsd.org.
1.931     juanfra   129: <li>A loongson system with HDD is needed in Spain for ports testing. Only
                    130:     shipments from EU.
                    131:     Contact juanfra@openbsd.org.
1.928     pea       132: </ul>
1.737     jasper    133: <!-- <li><i>luna88k:</i> -->
                    134: <!-- <li><i>mac68k:</i> -->
1.807     landry    135: <li><i>macppc:</i>
                    136: <ul>
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> -->
1.868     jasper    142: <li><i>octeon:</i>
                    143: <ul>
1.873     jasper    144: <li>Any unsupported OCTEON hardware, such as
1.886     jasper    145:   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>,
                    146:   <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>
                    147:   or Lanner <a href="http://www.lannerinc.com/network_processor_platforms/MR-320">MR-320</a>,
                    148:   <a href="http://www.lannerinc.com/network_processor_platforms/MR-330">MR-330</a>,
                    149:   <a href="http://www.lannerinc.com/network_processor_platforms/MR-730">MR-730</a>,
                    150:   or Portwell <a href="http://www.portwell.com/products/detail.asp?CUSTCHAR1=KILIN-6005">KILIN-6005</a>.
1.949     jasper    151:   are needed for testing and development in Ameide, The Netherlands.
1.868     jasper    152:   Contact jasper@openbsd.org.
                    153: </ul>
1.737     jasper    154: <!-- <li><i>palm:</i> -->
1.840     miod      155: <!-- <li><i>sgi:</i> -->
1.737     jasper    156: <li><i>socppc:</i>
                    157: <ul>
                    158: <li>A <a href="http://www.thecus.com/products_over.php?cid=12&pid=24&set_language=english">Thecus N1200</a>
                    159:     is needed in Australia.
                    160:     Contact djm@openbsd.org.
                    161: </ul>
                    162: <!-- <li><i>solbourne:</i> -->
1.865     ajacouto  163: <li><i>sparc:</i>
                    164: <ul>
                    165: <li>A removable hard drive for SPARCbook (Tadpole S3GX), preferably 2GB or bigger,
                    166:     needed in Paris, France.
                    167:     Contact ajacoutot@openbsd.org.
                    168: </ul>
1.737     jasper    169: <li><i>sparc64:</i>
1.228     jufi      170: <ul>
1.866     deraadt   171: <li>Disk drive caddies for the T5120/5220/5140/5240-series machines
                    172:     (with disks in them, or empty).
                    173:     Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.737     jasper    174: </ul>
1.959     mpi       175: <!-- <li><i>vax:</i> -->
1.846     bmercer   176: <!-- <li><i>zaurus:</i> -->
1.888     ratchov   177: <!-- <li><i>Miscellaneous:</i> -->
1.899     miod      178: </ul>
1.737     jasper    179: </p>
                    180:
1.741     sobrado   181: <h3><font color="#e00000">Specific cards needed by our developers</font></h3>
1.737     jasper    182: <ul>
1.895     miod      183: <li>Some kind of Magma 1 (or 3) slot Expresscard-&gt;PCIe expansion system, for
1.737     jasper    184:     improving our PCI drivers.
                    185:     Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.841     jsg       186: <li>CardBus serial adapter to unify PCI/CardBus serial code.
1.821     jsg       187:     Needed in Melbourne, Australia.  Contact jsg@openbsd.org.
1.859     dtucker   188: <li>Any VIA Rhine (VT610x) 10/100 PCI ethernet cards.
1.847     dtucker   189:     Contact dtucker@openbsd.org.
1.931     juanfra   190: <li>An ATI/AMD Radeon fanless PCI-Express card is needed in Spain. Only models
                    191:     HD4000 or greater and fully supported by OpenBSD.
                    192:     Contact juanfra@openbsd.org.
1.737     jasper    193: </ul>
                    194: </p>
                    195:
1.741     sobrado   196: <h3><font color="#e00000">Specific devices and equipment needed by our developers</font></h3>
1.737     jasper    197: <ul>
1.653     kevlo     198: <li>TI TUSB3140 serial USB adapter in Calgary.
1.569     tobias    199:     Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.710     kettenis  200: <li>Sun StorEdge MultiPack-FC desktop array needed in Assen, The Netherlands.
1.650     kettenis  201:     Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
1.718     deraadt   202: <li>A variety pack of shortish (SPF connectors on at least one end) fibers
                    203:     wanted in Calgary.
                    204:     Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.787     blambert  205: <li>Interesting bit of <a href="http://www.openpandora.org/">
                    206:     portable ARM hardware</a> wanted in Oslo, Norway.
                    207:     Contact blambert@openbsd.org
1.798     sebastia  208: <li>Any kind of DCC (Digital Command Control) capable controller, used to
                    209:     control digital model railroads. Actually needed to test misc/srcpd
1.854     sebastia  210:     with real hardware. Parts needed in Brandenburg, Germany.
1.817     mikeb     211:     Contact sebastia@openbsd.org
1.808     matthew   212: <li>A USB drive that supports "USB Attached SCSI" wanted in San Francisco, CA, USA.
                    213:     Contact matthew@openbsd.org.
1.875     eric      214: <li>A fast and small laptop to replace my aging thinkpad x40 (x220 or x230
                    215:     would be perfect) to work on ASR, smtpd and more.
                    216:     Money to help buy one would be great too.
                    217:     Contact eric@openbsd.org
1.915     mpi       218: <li>Any USB SuperSpeed (3.0) device using isochronous transfers, generally
                    219:     webcams or cameras, needed in Aachen, Germany.
                    220:     Contact mpi@openbsd.org.
1.944     stsp      221: <li>Sun T1000 2.5&quot; Dual-Drive Mounting Bracket (341-2929) needed in Berlin, Germany.
                    222:     Contact stsp@openbsd.org
1.953     juanfra   223: <li>Thinkpad X61s fan and screen are needed in Spain (or a broken laptop with at
                    224:     least one of the parts in good condition). Contact juanfra@openbsd.org.
1.952     stsp      225: <li>Machines with non-working xhci(4) &quot;Intel 7 Series xHCI&quot; and
                    226:     &quot;Intel 8 Series xHCI&quot; USB3 controllers (e.g. Dell Optiplex 3020)
                    227:     are needed in Aachen, Germany.
                    228:     Contact mpi@openbsd.org.
1.960   ! stsp      229: <li>Wireless access points capable of 802.11n are needed in Berlin, Germany.
        !           230:     Contact stsp@openbsd.org
1.653     kevlo     231: </ul>
1.159     fgsch     232: <p>
                    233:
1.653     kevlo     234: <hr>
1.438     ray       235: <h2><font color="#e00000">Software wanted</font></h2>
1.404     espie     236: <ul>
1.438     ray       237: <li>Licenses for recent Maple for Linux, or Mathematica, or similar
1.404     espie     238:     software. I no longer use these for regular work, but I would be willing
1.438     ray       239:     to try and make sure it can be installed seamlessly through the ports
1.404     espie     240:     tree.
1.522     deraadt   241:     Contact espie@openbsd.org.
1.653     kevlo     242: </ul>
1.404     espie     243: <p>
1.1       deraadt   244:
1.653     kevlo     245: </body>
                    246: </html>