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Witness the journey from inception to adoption…

of a landmark and revolutionary technology eBPF that allows user-level code execution inside the Linux Kernel, transforming network traffic handling for SDN environments.

This compelling documentary film provides an in-depth exploration on the origins of eBPF and showcases the stories, challenges, and rewards of this game-changing technology. You will hear from the best and brightest in the open-source world: key stakeholders from Meta, Intel, Isovalent, Google, Red Hat, and Netflix, who helped shape and build the tools that drove the success and adoption of eBPF. This film will show viewers why eBPF is seen as one of the most promising, emerging applications and cutting-edge technologies in the Linux ecosystem today.

eBPF the Journey

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Alexei
Born out of Necessity

In 2014, engineers at Plumgrid sought an innovative and cost-effective approach to handle network traffic in SDN environments. While traditional methods of network management often involved costly and rigid hardware, by using the Linux Kernel, they created a solution that improved efficiency and flexibility beyond traditional methods.

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Liz Rice
You Say You Want a Revolution

What they created became known as eBPF. This technology would allow user-level code execution inside the Linux Kernel, transforming network traffic handling in SDN environments. Whether Plumgrid’s engineers knew it or not, they had just revolutionized the Linux Kernel.

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Purvi
The World By Storm

Initially overlooked, eBPF gained attention as its potential for network tracing, security, and performance optimization emerged. Meta, Netflix, and Google developed their own eBPF- based tools and applications, leading to a surge of interest in the technology as a game-changer in Kernel development. By 2022, all major cloud providers had adopted eBPF. Today, it is seen as one of the most promising technologies in the Linux ecosystem, with new applications emerging constantly.

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The Founders & Community

Inception

Alexei Starovoitov,
Co-Creator of eBPF/Software
Engineer, Meta

Alexei speaks about this idea to revolutionize networking and beyond through opening up the kernel.
Early Potential

Chris Wright,
Chief Technology Officer, Red Hat

Chris tells the story of meeting Alexei in a coffee shop and is sold on the idea of eBPF.
Merging Into The kernel

Daniel Borkmann,
Co-Creator of eBPF/Software
Engineer, Isovalent

Daniel explains how he used his experience with kernel development to help Alexei merge eBPF into the kernel.
Big Companies Adopt

Shweta Saraf,
Director of Platform Networking, Netflix

Shweta showcases how Netflix is able to do more with less by using eBPF.
Lower Barriers to Adoption

Thomas Graf,
Co-Founder and CTO, Isovalent

Thomas shares why it was important to lower the barrier to entry with Cilium.
A Game Changer

Brendan Gregg,
Fellow, Intel

Brendan shares tales of popularizing eBPF for observability and how eBPF became a performance booster.

Contributors

Featuring some of the most prominent pioneers, executives, developers and engineers from the tech industry today.

Liz
Liz Rice
Isovalent
Thomas Graf
Thomas Graf
Isovalent
Chris Wright
Chris Wright
Red Hat
Shweta Saraf
Shweta Saraf
Netflix
Alexei Starovoitov
Alexei Starovoitov
Meta
David Miller
David Miller
Red Hat
Daniel
Daniel Borkmann
Isovalent
Brendan Gregg
Brendan Gregg
Intel
Purvi Desai
Purvi Desai
Google
Dave Thaler
Dave Thaler
Microsoft
Kp Singh
KP Singh
Google
Liz
Liz Rice
Isovalent
Thomas Graf
Thomas Graf
Isovalent
Chris Wright
Chris Wright
Red Hat
Shweta Saraf
Shweta Saraf
Netflix
Alexei Starovoitov
Alexei Starovoitov
Meta
David Miller
David Miller
Red Hat
Daniel
Daniel Borkmann
Isovalent
Brendan Gregg
Brendan Gregg
Intel
Purvi Desai
Purvi Desai
Google
Dave Thaler
Dave Thaler
Microsoft
Kp Singh
KP Singh
Google

Our Sponsors

A huge thank you to our sponsors for your support and making it possible to share the story of eBPF.

eBPF Foundation
Intel
Isovalent

About

Speakeasy Productions is on a mission to empower technology companies and open source communities to showcase their stories of the unsung technology heroes who are changing the way we live, work and play. With each documentary film, our goal is to demystify core open source projects and the world of back-end developers to move them forward into the hearts and minds of millions.


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