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.
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.
- A few 1U 1Gbit switches with many ports
- One or two 10Gbit switches so we can support 10Gbit one day
- 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
- Any amd64 or faster i386 hardware which comes available
- Narrow SCSI disk drives of 2GB or more.
- 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
- SATA disk (any size) needed in Melbourne. Contact jsg@openbsd.org
- PCI to CardBus adapter needed in Melbourne. Contact jsg@openbsd.org
- PCI Express to ExpressCard adapter needed in Melbourne. Contact jsg@openbsd.org
- A supported PCI-X
sk(4)
card needed in Calgary. Contact deraadt@openbsd.org
- IBM Workpad z50 w/48MB RAM needed in Chicago.
Contact jolan@openbsd.org
- High capacity microdrive (>=1GB) needed in Chicago.
Contact jolan@openbsd.org
- A fast, supported hppa workstation (preferable an HP C360) needed in
the Netherlands. Contact kettenis@openbsd.org
- UltraSparc-III machine (ie. Blade 1000) in the Netherlands.
Contact kettenis@openbsd.org
- PCI to CardBus adapter needed in the Netherlands.
Contact kettenis@openbsd.org
- G4 Mac mini needed in Toronto. Contact brad@openbsd.org
- An amd64 machine needed for RAID development in Brisbane, Australia.
Preferably a Sun x4100 or x4200. Contact dlg@openbsd.org
- An HP 8 Internal Port SAS Host Bus Adapter with RAID. Contact
dlg@openbsd.org
- Hard disks. At least 4 U320, SAS, and SATA disks for RAID work in Brisbane,
Australia. Contact dlg@openbsd.org
- Disk enclosures and cables. In particular an Enhance Tech QuadraPack Q14
SAS Enclosure. Contact dlg@openbsd.org
- ciss(4)
and
gdt(4)
RAID cards for bio and bioctl development needed in Austin, Texas, USA.
Contact marco@openbsd.org
- Fast machine with PCIe bus for mfi(4) development. Contact marco@openbsd.org
- DG AViiON hardware needed in France.
Contact miod@openbsd.org
- A udcf(4)
DCF time receiver and a USB NMEA GPS receiver for
ntpd(8)
timesensor development needed in Hamburg, Germany. Contact henning@openbsd.org
- Several developers need SDIO (any function) and SD/MMC memory cards.
Contact uwe@openbsd.org
- A CF-, SDIO-, and USB-attached GPS receiver and a Loran-C receiver for
nmea(4)
development in Basel, Switzerland. Contact mbalmer@openbsd.org.
- A very fast i386 machine (3GHz and up) for ports development and
ports testing needed in Hamburg, Germany. Contact bernd@openbsd.org
- A 170W PSU for a SGI O2 for ports development and ports testing needed
in The Netherlands. Contact jasper@openbsd.org
- An Option Globetrotter HSDPA/UMTS card and newer Novatel Wireless HSDPA/
UMTS cards (Merlin U730, U740 and U870) needed for driver development in
Oldenburg, Germany. Contact fkr@openbsd.org.
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