Hardware wanted
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:
- To support a specific device, normally one which is more rare or new.
- To be part of their development environment
- Some types of machines may be different in some way
(ie. big-endian or unsigned-char) and ensure that developers
write code more carefully.
- That said, space or power may be at a premium for some people
If you do not own these devices, but want to help us, we recommend you
search on eBay 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.
If it is clear which specific developer should be contacted, please do
so directly. Otherwise contact Theo de Raadt
who will pass on the message to whichever developers are in need.
Please be very clear as to where you are located!! For larger items this
can be very important.
Specific developers to contact for various reasons
- miod@openbsd.org and martin@openbsd.org for "older hardware" in Europe.
- wvdputte@openbsd.org for shipping assistance inside Europe.
- deraadt@openbsd.org for any general offers or questions.
- jsg@openbsd.org for any new wireless equipment.
- brad@openbsd.org for any new/rare ethernet equipment.
- deraadt@openbsd.org is looking for a supported PCI-X sk(4) card.
If you do not get a response from these developers, please consider
contacting another developer.
General device requirements.
We try to spread these types of devices around our development community.
- Laptops. These die often enough that our developers need about 2-3
replacements a year.
- Apple Mac powerpc equipment.
- Faster & smaller sparc64 machines, for instance 1U rack mount machines.
- Gigabit switches
- Any amd64 or faster i386 hardware which comes available
- Other devices
- 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.
Specific devices needed by specific developers
- i386 laptop needed in Toronto. Contact brad@openbsd.org
- i386 laptop needed in Dominica. Contact joris@openbsd.org
- i386 laptop needed in Hungary. Contact robert@openbsd.org
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