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<h2><font color="#e00000">Hardware wanted</font></h2>
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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
(ie. 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>
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If you do not own these devices, but want to help us, we recommend you
search on <a href="http://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><font color="#e00000">Specific developers to contact for various reasons</font></h3>
<ul>
<li>miod@openbsd.org and martin@openbsd.org for "older hardware" in Europe.
<li>deraadt@openbsd.org for any general offers or questions.
<li>jsg@openbsd.org for any new wireless equipment.
</ul>
If you do not get a response from these developers, please consider
contacting another developer.
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<h3><font color="#e00000">General device requirements.</font></h3>
We try to spread these types of devices around our development community.
<ul>
<li><em>Narrow SCSI</em> disk drives of 2GB or more, 3.5" size.
(Narrow SCSI means 50pin).<br>
Many developers are running out of these drives, which are needed
to continue supporting older hardware.<br>
<li>Laptops. These die often enough that our developers need about 2-3
replacements a year.
<li>Apple Mac powerpc equipment.
<li>HP J6750 machines (J6700 is the second best choice).
<li>Faster & smaller sparc64 machines, for instance 1U rack mount machines
<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>
<p>
<h3><font color="#e00000">Networking equipment</font></h3>
<ul>
<li>A Cisco 7301 with 1GB of ram and a PA-MCX-2TE1 T1 adaptor or such.
<li>or a Cisco HWIC copper ethernet card of some sort.
<li>A second Intel PRO/10GbE PCIe CX4 Server Adapter (EXPX9502CX4).
</ul>
Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
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<h3><font color="#e00000">10Gb Ethernet Support</font></h3>
David Gwynne (in Australia), Reyk Floeter (in Germany), and Claudio Jeker (in
Switzerland) are working on support for 10 Gigabit Ethernet devices. These
developers would like the following hardware to help development:
<ul>
<li>10GbaseSR XFP modules for use in 10Gb network cards
<li>Switches with 10Gb modules for hacking
<li>CX4 cabling
<li>HP XFP's for 3500yl switches, preferrably with SR optics.
<li>XFP optical cabling (for 10GbaseSR and 10GbaseLR)
<li><a href="http://www.neteffect.com/products.html">NetEffect 10Gb NICs</a>
for driver development
</ul>
Contact dlg@openbsd.org, reyk@openbsd.org, and claudio@openbsd.org.
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<h3><font color="#e00000">Specific devices needed by specific developers</font></h3>
<ul>
<li>Any MPLS capable equipment for interoperability testing. E.g. Cisco 1841.
Contact michele@openbsd.org and claudio@openbsd.org.
<li>Bluetooth devices, especially phones, keyboards, mice, and headsets.
Contact uwe@openbsd.org and xsa@openbsd.org.
<li>UltraSPARC machine with PCI Express for driver development/sparc64
testing in Hannover, Germany.
Contact jsg@openbsd.org.
<li>Unsupported CardBus cards such as
<ul>
<li>Adaptec SlimSCSI APA-1480 CardBus (aic7860/ahc)
<li>DELOCK 61610 PCMCIA CardBus to Wide SCSI U2 (sym53c8xx/siop)
<li>Ratoc Systems CB31U/CB32U CardBus (Initio inic-850/adv)
<li>Creative Audigy 2 ZS CardBus (emu)
<li>Village Tronic VTBook CardBus VGA (Trident XP2/trident)
<li>Mobility Electronics EasiDock 1000EV CardBus docking station (VGA/Ethernet/PS2/parallel/serial/USB)
</ul>
to improve support for detachable drivers. Needed in Hannover, Germany.
Contact jsg@openbsd.org.
<li>IBM ThinkPad Dock II (model 2877) with PCI/CardBus/ultrabay slots for a T42
to work on better hotplug device support, needed in Hannover, Germany.
Contact jsg@openbsd.org.
<li>An Intel IOP348 based SAS controller (such as the Supermicro AOC-USAS-S4i)
to help in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sli&sektion=4">sli(4)</a>
development. Needed in Brisbane, Australia.
Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ciss&sektion=4">ciss(4)</a>
and
<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gdt&sektion=4">gdt(4)</a>
RAID cards for bio and bioctl development needed in Austin, Texas, USA.
Contact marco@openbsd.org.
<li>Fast machine with PCIe bus for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mfi&sektion=4">mfi(4)</a> development.
Contact marco@openbsd.org.
<li>m88k-based DG AViiON hardware needed in France.
Contact miod@openbsd.org.
<li>Several developers need SDIO (any function) and SD/MMC memory cards.
Contact uwe@openbsd.org.
<li>A CF- and SDIO-attached GPS receiver and device that provide exact time
information for timedelta sensor related development radio clock in
Sunnyvale, USA.
Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
<li>A <a href="http://www.bwi.com/prod/572922">MiniPCI GPS Receiver</a>
for timedelta sensor related development in Sunnyvale, USA.
The appropriate antenna and MiniPCI-to-PCI adapters would also be useful.
Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
<li>Serial attached GPS receivers with pulse-per-second outputs and weather-
resistant enclosures in Sunnyvale, USA.
Requested models include Magellan AC12, NovAtel SuperStarII Smart Antenna,
Motorola OnCore UT+, Motorola/iLotus/Synergy M12M (Timing), SigNav TM3-01,
NavSync CW25-TIM.
Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
<li>CDMA clock (Praecis Ct or similar) in Sunnyvale, USA.
Contact ckuethe@openbsd.org.
<li>Newer Novatel Wireless HSDPA/UMTS cards (Merlin U730, U740 and U870)
as well as any unsupported 3G/UMTS/HSDPA device needed for driver
development in Oldenburg, Germany.
Contact fkr@openbsd.org.
<li>Any device (monitor or projector) able to output a 1728x2304 image,
sync on green, with either a 13W3 or an HD15 connector needed in France.
Contact miod@openbsd.org, short-term loan acceptable.
<li>A battery and a power supply for an IBM Thinkpad X40 is needed in Munich, Germany.
Contact markus@openbsd.org.
<li>A Wacom USB or Serial touchpad needed in Hungary for driver developement.
Contact robert@openbsd.org.
<li>Zaurus C3000/C3100/C3200 in Illinois.
Contact drahn@openbsd.org.
<li>X60 power supply (schuko plug, preferably) and X60 dock (X6 UltraBase)
battery in Aalborg, Denmark.
Contact mk@openbsd.org.
<li>Ultrasparc III machines (Blade 1000, v210, etc) especially if they are
dual-processor, wanted in Europe. Unfortunately not the old slow ones,
because they must be less than fridge-sized.
Contact art@openbsd.org.
<li>Itanium 1U or 2U machines wanted in various places.
Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
<li>PowerBook G4 laptop for testing purposes in Central USA.
Contact drahn@openbsd.org.
<li>HP J6700/J6750 2U hppa64 machines. Note these are fairly cheap on Ebay
at the moment.
Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
<li>A 1.4GHz or 1.6GHz IBM Thinkpad x40 laptop for Calgary.
Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
<li>One or Two Marvell Yukon II based ethernet cards needed in France.
Contact pyr@openbsd.org.
<li>PowerPC mac mini needed in Heemstede, the Netherlands.
Contact otto@openbsd.org.
<li>TI TUSB3140 serial USB adapter in Calgary.
Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
<li>A SATA drive around 250Gb for a ProLiant DL145 G2 needed in Hannover, Germany.
Contact reyk@openbsd.org.
<li>Low profile machine with azalia(4) in France.
Contact ratchov@openbsd.org.
<li>Thinkpad with an
<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=aps&sektion=4"
>aps(4)</a> accelerometer for
<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mg"
>mg(1)</a> development in Calgary, AB, Canada. Contact kjell@openbsd.org.
<li>A HP C-class workstation (preferably a C240 or C360) wanted in Sydney,
Australia to help with Portable OpenSSH development. Contact
dtucker@openbsd.org.
<li>Cisco NM-16A or NM-32A Modules to build more console servers are
welcome in Zurich, Switzerland. Contact claudio@openbsd.org
<li>Slide rail kit for Sun v20z needed in Gorinchem, The Netherlands.
Contact jasper@openbsd.org.
<li>An I/O board for Force Flexor A264 board, as well as a PCIMG backplane
with 64-bit PCI slots are needed in France.
Contact miod@openbsd.org.
<li>A <a href="http://www.thecus.com/products_over.php?cid=12&pid=24&set_language=english">Thecus N1200</a>
is needed in Australia.
Contact djm@openbsd.org.
<li>A <a href="http://www.commell.com.tw/Product/SBC/LE-565.HTM">Commmell LE-565</a>
motherboard is needed in Australia.
Contact djm@openbsd.org.
<li>Narrow SCSI (50pin) disk drive 4GB or more, 3.5" size
is needed near New York City, USA.
Contact kurt@openbsd.org.
<li>QLogic ISP10160 SCSI adapter needed in Assen, the Netherlands.
Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
<li>An SBus-based UltraSPARC (sparc64) workstation, preferably a Sun
Ultra 2, needed in Assen, The Netherlands.
Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
<li>Sun StorEdge MultiPack-FC desktop array needed in Assen, The Netherlands.
Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
<li>Sun StorEdge MultiPack-FC desktop array needed in Toronto, Canada.
Contact krw@openbsd.org.
<li>Serial cables for Apple Powerpc G4 based towers, would greatly assist
debugging. These are rare and hard to find. One manufacturer was
<a href="http://www.geethree.com/stealth/index.html">geethree.com</a>.
Contact drahn@openbsd.org or todd@openbsd.org.
<li>Openmoko Freerunner smartphone needed in London, UK for porting work.
Contact oga@openbsd.org.
<li>A stand-alone PCI network interface card using VIA VT6105M RhineIII
for portability testing of driver changes needed in Devon, UK.
RouterBoard RB44 is one such card.
Contact sthen@openbsd.org.
<li>A few memory modules and disk drives for an AlphaServer DS10 needed in
Asturias, Spain.
Contact sobrado@openbsd.org.
<li>An SGI Origin (or Onyx) 300 and either an Origin (or Onyx) 350 or
a Tezro (preferrably the rackmount version) needed in France.
Contact miod@openbsd.org.
<li>Atheros 802.11n devices (AR9160, AR9285, AR9287) needed in France.
Contact damien@openbsd.org.
<li>A variety of laptops for our ACPI developers working on suspend.
Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
<li>Some kind of Magma 1 (or 3) slot Expresscard->PCI expansion system, for
improving our PCI drivers.
Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
<li>A IBM/Lenovo X-series laptop (X60 or newer) in Edmonton Alberta, Canada,
Contact gwk@openbsd.org.
<li>PCI-e QLogic Fiber Channel adapter needed in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
<li>A variety pack of shortish (SPF connectors on at least one end) fibers
wanted in Calgary.
Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
<li>HPPA laptop wanted in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
<li>Sun Elite 3D card (vertical variant that fits into a Blade 1000
workstation) needed in Assen, the Netherlands. Contact
kettenis@openbsd.org.
<li>Four Dell R610 (or similar) 2.5" SAS drive sleds.
Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
<li>A PCI-E Mini Card to PCI-E 1x adapter
(like the <a href="http://www.hwtools.net/Adapter/MP2W.html">MP2W from HWtools</a>)
needed in France.
Contact damien@openbsd.org.
<li>RouterBOARD RB/600A or RB/1000U.
Contact jasper@openbsd.org.
</ul>
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<h2><font color="#e00000">Software wanted</font></h2>
<ul>
<li>Licenses for recent Maple for Linux, or Mathematica, or similar
software. I no longer use these for regular work, but I would be willing
to try and make sure it can be installed seamlessly through the ports
tree.
Contact espie@openbsd.org.
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