Hans Peter Anvin

Peter Anvin
Born (1972-01-12) January 12, 1972
Västerås,  Sweden
Residence San Jose, California[1]
Nationality Swedish
Occupation Software engineer
Employer Intel Corporation
Known for SYSLINUX,[1][2][3] Linux kernel
Website H. Peter Anvin's nonexistent home page

Hans Peter Anvin, known as H. Peter Anvin, or simply Peter Anvin, or even hpa, is a Swedish computer programmer who has distinguished himself by his contributions to Free and open source software projects. He is the originator of SYSLINUX,[1][2][3] Linux Assigned Names and Numbers Authority (LANANA), and various Linux kernel features[1] such as:

Anvin was previously maintainer of the linux.* Usenet newsgroup hierarchy[1] and the Linux kernel archives at kernel.org, wrote the original Swap Space How-to, and the "Linux/I386 Boot Protocol" (file: linux/Documentation/i386/boot.txt)

Peter Anvin graduated in 1994 from Northwestern University,[6] where he also was president of the Northwestern Amateur Radio Society (W9BGX); his amateur radio call sign is AD6QZ (formerly N9ITP). According to his personal web site, he is a believer in the Bahá'í Faith.[7]

In addition to his regular employment at Intel's Open Source Technology Center, Anvin is currently co-maintainer of the unified x86/x86-64 Linux kernel tree, chief maintainer of the Netwide Assembler (NASM) and SYSLINUX projects.[3] Previous employers include Transmeta, where he performed as architect and technical director; Orion Multisystems, working on CPU architecture and code morphing software; and rPath.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Who is Who". Scania & Zealand (Denmark): Skåne Sjælland Linux User Group. Retrieved August 2, 2009.
  2. 1 2 "List of Linux Luminaries". Who's Who. Linux Online. 2008. Retrieved August 2, 2009.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Developer page – H. Peter Anvin". Softpedia. 2009. Retrieved August 2, 2009.
  4. ↑ Anvin, H. Peter (2004–2009). "The mathematics of RAID-6" (PDF). kernel.org. Retrieved August 2, 2009.
  5. ↑ H. Peter Anvin (August 27, 2011). "RFD: x32 ABI system call numbers". Retrieved May 15, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Reunion 2009 – Class of 1994 – Who's Wanted". Reunions & Homecoming. Northwestern Alumni Association. April 8, 2009. Retrieved August 2, 2009.
  7. ↑ "H. Peter Anvin's home page". Retrieved April 30, 2013.
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