OpenBSD 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 (i.e. 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.

General device requirements

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

• Laptops. These die often enough that as a group our needier developers need help replacing about 2-3 per year.
• Apple Mac powerpc equipment.
• HP J6750 machines (J6700 is the second best choice).
• Faster & 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.
• Any amd64 or faster i386 hardware which comes available.
• 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.

Trunk/LACP Support for the Data Center

Carlos Cardenas (in United States) is working on LACP support for data center deployments. This requires each host to have a LACP trunk to two switches that are in a MLAG configuration. This developer would like the following hardware to help development:

• 2 x Arista DCS-7150S-24, 24-Port 10G SFP+, AC Power
• 2 x Arista OEM 10G SFP+ SR Optics (LC Connections)
• 2 x Arista OEM 1.5m 10G SFP+ DAC Cables
• 2 x Arista OEM 1.5m 10G SFP+ AOC Cables

• 2 x Edge-Core AS5712-54X with Cumulus Linux, 48-Port 10G SFP+, AC Power

• 2 x Cisco C3172PQ-10GX, 48-Port 10G SFP+, AC Power
• 2 x Cisco OEM 10G SFP+ SR Optics (LC Connections)
• 2 x Cisco OEM 1.5m 10G SFP+ DAC Cables
• 2 x Cisco OEM 1.5m 10G SFP+ AOC Cables

• 2 x Juniper QFX5100-48S, 48-Port 10G SFP+, AC Power
• 2 x Juniper OEM 10G SFP+ SR Optics (LC Connections)
• 2 x Juniper OEM 1.5m 10G SFP+ DAC Cables
• 2 x Juniper OEM 1.5m 10G SFP+ AOC Cables

Notes when contributing switches

To help the developer integrate the hardware quickly,

• Please ensure all cables match the developer's locale (US plugs)
• PSUs are AC Power unless explicitly requesting DC
• Software/Firmware versions are the same on each pair of switches. Version discrepancies can prevent MLAG from working.

Contact ccardenas@openbsd.org.

Specific platform requests by our developers

• Nothing at the moment.

Specific devices and equipment needed by our developers

• Nexus 9k switch. Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
• A variety pack of shortish (SFP connectors on at least one end) fibers wanted in Calgary. Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
• A laptop is wanted in Cergy, France. Contact benoit@openbsd.org.
• Various SO-DIMM DDR2 PC-5300 or PC-6400 modules of 4GB are needed in Spain. Contact juanfra@openbsd.org.
• QNAP QM2-2P10G1TA Dual M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe SSD & single-port 10GbE expansion card for PCIe bridge testing and Aquantia AQtion AQC107 Ethernet driver development needed in Australia. Contact dlg@openbsd.org.
• Pre Ryzen amdgpu APU (Carrizo, Bristol Ridge, Stoney Ridge) system with graphics and serial for amdgpu(4) development needed in Australia. Contact jsg@openbsd.org.
• Skylake or newer Intel Core system with graphics and serial for inteldrm(4) development needed in Australia. Contact jsg@openbsd.org.
• Intel Braswell/Cherry Trail system with graphics and serial for inteldrm(4) development needed in Australia. Contact jsg@openbsd.org.
• An adapter to plug Intel 9560 wifi cards with M.2 2230 connectors (E key, no A key) into an APU2 board is needed in Berlin, Germany. Contact stsp@openbsd.org.