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Some arm64 bits that I would work on if I had them.

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<i>Open</i><b>BSD</b></a>
Hardware Wanted
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<p>
The following list outlines hardware that the OpenBSD project could use.
There are a number of reasons why developers need hardware, and it is important
to first of all realize these reasons:

<ul>
<li>To support a specific device, normally one which is more rare or new.
<li>To be part of their development environment.
<li>Some types of machines may be different in some way
    (i.e. big-endian or unsigned-char) and ensure that developers
    write code more carefully.
<li>That said, space or power may be at a premium for some people.
</ul>

<p>
If you do not own these devices, but want to help us, we recommend you
search on <a href="https://www.ebay.com">eBay</a> for the devices.  If
you do the bidding and then get the device shipped to us, it really
helps us.  It is better if developers develop, and skip the bidding process,
since any time saved can be spent on improving OpenBSD instead.

<p>
If it is clear which specific developer should be contacted, please do
so directly.  Otherwise contact <a href="mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org">Theo de Raadt</a>
who will pass on the message to whichever developers are in need.

<p>
Please be very clear as to where you are located!!  For larger items this
can be very important.

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<h3>General device requirements</h3>

<p>
We try to spread these types of devices around our development community.

<ul>
<li>Laptops.  These die often enough that as a group our needier
    developers need help replacing about 2-3 per year.
<li>Apple Mac powerpc equipment.
<li>HP J6750 machines (J6700 is the second best choice).
<li>Faster &amp; smaller sparc64 machines, for instance 1U rack mount
    machines.  It is important to spread sparc64 around the development
    community, since it is the most strict platform for detecting non-portable
    or buggy code.
<li>Any amd64 or faster i386 hardware which comes available.
<li>We generally do not need older and "very common" ISA/PCI equipment, since
    our developers will generally have gotten their hands on these in the
    past.
</ul>

<h3>Specific platform requests by our developers</h3>

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<li><i>arm64:</i>
  <ul>
    <li>Rapberry Pi CM4 with some sort of I/O board that supports PCIe needed in the Netherlands. Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
    <li>SBC with Rockchip RK3566 SoC needed in the Netherlands. Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
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<h3>Specific devices and equipment needed by our developers</h3>

<ul>
<li>QNAP QM2-2P10G1TA Dual M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe SSD &amp; single-port 10GbE expansion card for PCIe bridge testing and Aquantia AQtion AQC107 Ethernet driver development needed in Australia. Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
<li>Intel em(4) card with SFP slots to develop <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ifconfig.4">ifconfig(4)</a> transceiver support with in Australia. Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
<li>Pre Ryzen amdgpu APU (Carrizo, Bristol Ridge, Stoney Ridge) system with
    graphics and serial for
    <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/drm.4">amdgpu(4)</a> development
    needed in Australia. Contact jsg@openbsd.org.
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