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 our developers need about 2-3
replacements a 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.
10Gb Ethernet Support
David Gwynne (in Australia), and Claudio Jeker (in Switzerland) are working
on support for 10 Gigabit Ethernet devices. These developers would like the
following hardware to help development:
- 10GbaseSR SFP+ modules for use in 10Gb network cards
- Switches with 10Gb modules for hacking
- Direct Attach (SFP+) and CX4 cabling
- optical cabling with LC connectors (for 10GbaseSR and 10GbaseLR)
- Broadcom, Emulex (ServerEngines) and QLogic 10Gb NICs for driver
development
Contact dlg@openbsd.org, and claudio@openbsd.org.
Specific platform requests by our developers
- arm64:
- An ARM64 box for ports development would be welcome in Nantes,
France. The machine should be listed as
supported. RPi3 seems too slow. Shipping from Europe is much
preferred (to avoid taxes). Contact jca@openbsd.org.
- i386:
- Two DRAC (remote access cards) for Dell 1750 servers.
Contact espie@openbsd.org.
- loongson:
- A loongson system with HDD is needed in Spain for ports testing. Only
shipments from EU.
Contact juanfra@openbsd.org.
- octeon:
Specific devices and equipment needed by our developers
- Sun StorEdge MultiPack-FC desktop array needed in Assen, The Netherlands.
Contact kettenis@openbsd.org.
- A variety pack of shortish (SFP connectors on at least one end) fibers
wanted in Calgary.
Contact deraadt@openbsd.org.
- Thinkpad X61s screen is needed in Spain (or a broken laptop with
the screen in good condition). Contact juanfra@openbsd.org.
- Nexus compatible RJ45 SFP's ... official Cisco ones that will reliably
do 100mbit: Contact deraadt@openbsd.org
- A PCIe wifi card with an Atheros AR5008E-3NX chipset (athn(4) driver)
is wanted in Berlin, Germany, for 802.11n hostap testing.
Contact stsp@openbsd.org.
- Hewlett Packard 300GB 6G SAS 10K rpm SFF 2.5-inch Hard Drives for
mirror operation in Vienna, Austria. Contact martin@openbsd.org.
- A recent laptop or desktop is wanted in Montreal, Canada.
Contact danj@openbsd.org.
- A fast Intel laptop, with ≥8G of RAM is wanted in Ontario, Canada.
Contact brynet@openbsd.org.
- A (supported!) umb(4) usb stick is needed in Den Haag, The Netherlands.
Contact florian@openbsd.org.