Hans Peter Anvin
| Peter Anvin | |
|---|---|
| Born |
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 |
| Spouse(s) | Suzi Anvin, née Susan Elizabeth Esser |
| 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), various Linux kernel features[1] such as:
- UNIX98 ptys
- CPUID driver
- The Linux kernel automounter
- zisofs[3]
- RAID 6 support[4]
- x32 ABI[5]
- klibc – a minimalistic subset of the standard C library
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).[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.
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Who is Who". Scania & Zealand (Denmark): Skåne Sjælland Linux User Group. Retrieved August 2, 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "List of Linux Luminaries". Who's Who. Linux Online. 2008. Retrieved August 2, 2009.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Developer page – H. Peter Anvin". Softpedia. 2009. Retrieved August 2, 2009.
- ↑ Anvin, H. Peter (2004–2009). "The mathematics of RAID-6" (PDF). kernel.org. Retrieved August 2, 2009.
- ↑ H. Peter Anvin (August 27, 2011). "RFD: x32 ABI system call numbers". Retrieved May 15, 2012.
- ↑ "Reunion 2009 – Class of 1994 – Who's Wanted". Reunions & Homecoming. Northwestern Alumni Association. April 8, 2009. Retrieved August 2, 2009.
- ↑ "H. Peter Anvin's home page". Retrieved April 30, 2013.
- Linux kernel traffic quotes: H. Peter Anvin
- Kehrer, Anika; Magnus, Nils (March 26, 2009). "Video Interview with Kernel Developer Peter Anvin". Linux Magazine (Linux New Media). Retrieved August 2, 2009.
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