If you have new hardware and would like to run OpenBSD on it, send in your
dmesgs and device dumps to dmesg@. Developers don't always have access to the
latest stuff, so it helps to know what works and what doesn't. Bug reports
go to the public bugs@ list.

Set $model to something specific, like the model of your machine. Also
check for typos below, mine or yours.

On OpenBSD (i386/amd64):
 $ sudo pkg_add usbutils
 $ mkdir $model; cd $model
 $ sudo acpidump -o $model
 $ for i in *; do b64encode $i $i >> $model_dump.txt; done;
 $ dmesg > $model_dmesg.txt
 $ sudo pcidump -vxxx > $model_pcidump.txt
 $ sudo lsusb -v > $model_lsusb.txt

On Linux:
(..install pciutils usbutils sharutils acpidump)
 $ mkdir $model; cd $model
 $ sudo acpidump -o $model.hexdump
 $ acpixtract -a $model.hexdump && rm -f $model.hexdump
 $ dmesg > $model_lindmesg.txt
 $ for i in *; do uuencode -m $i $model.$i >> $model_dump.txt; done;
 $ sudo lspci -vvxxx > $model_lspci.txt
 $ sudo lsusb -v > $model_lsusb.txt

Mail the resulting text files and your dmesg uncompressed and inline. A
descriptive subject with a few words in the message body are appreciated.

If you're in a position to donate, developers are always looking for
various things, including replacement laptops. Which helps to get
unsupported hardware into the hands of someone capable of fixing it.

http://www.openbsd.org/want.html
http://www.openbsd.org/donations.html

:-)

-Bryan.

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