On 12/03/2009 06:22 AM, Dave Walker wrote: > Kaushal Shriyan wrote: >> Hi >> >> what does hpa means in tftpd-hpa. I know it as highly portable ........ ? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Kaushal >> >> > Hi Kaushal, > > It's easy mistake to make that it refers to highly portable<something>, > as you probably know it's a portable version of the BSD tftp server. > It is my understanding that the name actually comes from the nick of the > chap that created it. It is easier to refer to him as hpa, than "ペーテ > ル アンビーン " which is his real name as I understand it.
I think you're referring to H. Peter Anvin. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Peter_Anvin -- /* Wes Hardin */ -- ubuntu-server mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
