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1.653 kevlo 14: <h2><font color="#e00000">Hardware wanted</font></h2>
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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>
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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.
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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 & 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:
1.961 dlg 76: <h3><font color="#e00000">NVMe Support</font></h3>
77:
78: <p>David Gwynne (in Australia) would like a couple of NVMe devices
79: to further develop the nvme(4) driver with.</p>
80:
81: <ul>
82: <li>1x Samsung m.2 NVMe SSD
83: <li>1x PCI-e to m.2 adapter
84: <li>1x PCI-e SSD
85: </ul>
86:
87: <p>Contact dlg@openbsd.org</p>
88:
1.653 kevlo 89: <h3><font color="#e00000">10Gb Ethernet Support</font></h3>
1.843 deraadt 90: David Gwynne (in Australia), Mike Belopuhov (in Germany), and Claudio Jeker (in
1.518 dlg 91: Switzerland) are working on support for 10 Gigabit Ethernet devices. These
92: developers would like the following hardware to help development:
93: <ul>
1.844 mikeb 94: <li>10GbaseSR SFP+ modules for use in 10Gb network cards
1.653 kevlo 95: <li>Switches with 10Gb modules for hacking
1.844 mikeb 96: <li>Direct Attach (SFP+) and CX4 cabling
1.727 jsg 97: <li>optical cabling with LC connectors (for 10GbaseSR and 10GbaseLR)
1.844 mikeb 98: <li>Broadcom, Emulex (ServerEngines) and QLogic 10Gb NICs for driver
99: development
1.653 kevlo 100: </ul>
1.843 deraadt 101: Contact dlg@openbsd.org, mikeb@openbsd.org, and claudio@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 102: </p>
1.518 dlg 103:
1.741 sobrado 104: <h3><font color="#e00000">Specific platform requests by our developers</font></h3>
1.737 jasper 105: <ul>
106: <!--
107: Please (un)comment the relevant platform for your request.
108: -->
109:
1.831 miod 110: <!-- <li><i>alpha:</i> -->
1.943 jca 111: <!-- <li><i>amd64:</i> -->
1.737 jasper 112: <!-- <li><i>armish:</i> -->
1.959 mpi 113: <!-- <li><i>aviion:</i> -->
1.896 jasper 114: <!-- <li><i>armv7:</i> -->
1.737 jasper 115: <!-- <li><i>hp300:</i> -->
1.936 pascal 116: <li><i>hppa:</i>
117: <ul>
118: <li>A SCSI hard drive caddy for an HP C3750 is needed in Koblenz, Germany.
119: Contact pascal@openbsd.org.
120: </ul>
1.737 jasper 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.
1.852 espie 126: <li>Two DRAC (remote access cards) for Dell 1750 servers.
127: Contact espie@openbsd.org.
1.737 jasper 128: </ul>
129: <!-- <li><i>landisk:</i> -->
1.928 pea 130: <li><i>loongson:</i>
131: <ul>
132: <li>A Lemote Fuloong mini PC is needed in France for ports testing.
133: Contact pea@openbsd.org.
1.931 juanfra 134: <li>A loongson system with HDD is needed in Spain for ports testing. Only
135: shipments from EU.
136: Contact juanfra@openbsd.org.
1.928 pea 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>
1.829 benoit 142: <li>A G4 Mac mini or a PowerMac G5 is needed in France for ports testing and development.
143: Contact benoit@openbsd.org
1.962 jasper 144: <li>A Mac mini, iBook, PowerBook needed for ports development.
145: Contact jasper@openbsd.org
1.807 landry 146: </ul>
1.737 jasper 147: <!-- <li><i>mvme68k:</i> -->
148: <!-- <li><i>mvme88k:</i> -->
1.868 jasper 149: <li><i>octeon:</i>
150: <ul>
1.873 jasper 151: <li>Any unsupported OCTEON hardware, such as
1.886 jasper 152: 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>,
153: <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>
154: or Lanner <a href="http://www.lannerinc.com/network_processor_platforms/MR-320">MR-320</a>,
155: <a href="http://www.lannerinc.com/network_processor_platforms/MR-330">MR-330</a>,
156: <a href="http://www.lannerinc.com/network_processor_platforms/MR-730">MR-730</a>,
157: or Portwell <a href="http://www.portwell.com/products/detail.asp?CUSTCHAR1=KILIN-6005">KILIN-6005</a>.
1.949 jasper 158: are needed for testing and development in Ameide, The Netherlands.
1.868 jasper 159: Contact jasper@openbsd.org.
160: </ul>
1.737 jasper 161: <!-- <li><i>palm:</i> -->
1.840 miod 162: <!-- <li><i>sgi:</i> -->
1.737 jasper 163: <li><i>socppc:</i>
164: <ul>
165: <li>A <a href="http://www.thecus.com/products_over.php?cid=12&pid=24&set_language=english">Thecus N1200</a>
166: is needed in Australia.
167: Contact djm@openbsd.org.
168: </ul>
169: <!-- <li><i>solbourne:</i> -->
1.865 ajacouto 170: <li><i>sparc:</i>
171: <ul>
172: <li>A removable hard drive for SPARCbook (Tadpole S3GX), preferably 2GB or bigger,
173: needed in Paris, France.
174: Contact ajacoutot@openbsd.org.
175: </ul>
1.959 mpi 176: <!-- <li><i>vax:</i> -->
1.962 jasper 177: <!-- <li><i>zaurus:</i> -->
1.888 ratchov 178: <!-- <li><i>Miscellaneous:</i> -->
1.899 miod 179: </ul>
1.737 jasper 180: </p>
181:
1.741 sobrado 182: <h3><font color="#e00000">Specific cards needed by our developers</font></h3>
1.737 jasper 183: <ul>
1.841 jsg 184: <li>CardBus serial adapter to unify PCI/CardBus serial code.
1.821 jsg 185: Needed in Melbourne, Australia. Contact jsg@openbsd.org.
1.859 dtucker 186: <li>Any VIA Rhine (VT610x) 10/100 PCI ethernet cards.
1.847 dtucker 187: Contact dtucker@openbsd.org.
1.931 juanfra 188: <li>An ATI/AMD Radeon fanless PCI-Express card is needed in Spain. Only models
189: HD4000 or greater and fully supported by OpenBSD.
190: Contact juanfra@openbsd.org.
1.737 jasper 191: </ul>
192: </p>
193:
1.741 sobrado 194: <h3><font color="#e00000">Specific devices and equipment needed by our developers</font></h3>
1.737 jasper 195: <ul>
1.710 kettenis 196: <li>Sun StorEdge MultiPack-FC desktop array needed in Assen, The Netherlands.
1.650 kettenis 197: Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
1.718 deraadt 198: <li>A variety pack of shortish (SPF connectors on at least one end) fibers
199: wanted in Calgary.
200: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
1.787 blambert 201: <li>Interesting bit of <a href="http://www.openpandora.org/">
202: portable ARM hardware</a> wanted in Oslo, Norway.
203: Contact blambert@openbsd.org
1.798 sebastia 204: <li>Any kind of DCC (Digital Command Control) capable controller, used to
205: control digital model railroads. Actually needed to test misc/srcpd
1.854 sebastia 206: with real hardware. Parts needed in Brandenburg, Germany.
1.817 mikeb 207: Contact sebastia@openbsd.org
1.875 eric 208: <li>A fast and small laptop to replace my aging thinkpad x40 (x220 or x230
209: would be perfect) to work on ASR, smtpd and more.
210: Money to help buy one would be great too.
211: Contact eric@openbsd.org
1.915 mpi 212: <li>Any USB SuperSpeed (3.0) device using isochronous transfers, generally
213: webcams or cameras, needed in Aachen, Germany.
214: Contact mpi@openbsd.org.
1.953 juanfra 215: <li>Thinkpad X61s fan and screen are needed in Spain (or a broken laptop with at
216: least one of the parts in good condition). Contact juanfra@openbsd.org.
1.952 stsp 217: <li>Machines with non-working xhci(4) "Intel 7 Series xHCI" and
218: "Intel 8 Series xHCI" USB3 controllers (e.g. Dell Optiplex 3020)
219: are needed in Aachen, Germany.
220: Contact mpi@openbsd.org.
1.960 stsp 221: <li>Wireless access points capable of 802.11n are needed in Berlin, Germany.
222: Contact stsp@openbsd.org
1.653 kevlo 223: </ul>
1.159 fgsch 224: <p>
225:
1.653 kevlo 226: <hr>
1.438 ray 227: <h2><font color="#e00000">Software wanted</font></h2>
1.404 espie 228: <ul>
1.438 ray 229: <li>Licenses for recent Maple for Linux, or Mathematica, or similar
1.404 espie 230: software. I no longer use these for regular work, but I would be willing
1.438 ray 231: to try and make sure it can be installed seamlessly through the ports
1.404 espie 232: tree.
1.522 deraadt 233: Contact espie@openbsd.org.
1.653 kevlo 234: </ul>
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