Microsoft, Google, Facebook and others announce eBPF Foundation

guest · Aug 12, 2021

Microsoft, Google, Facebook and others announce eBPF Foundation
August 12, 2021
https://mspoweruser.com/microsoft-google-ebpf-foundation/

eBPF is a technology that can run sandboxed programs in an operating system kernel. It allows us to safely extend the capabilities of the kernel without requiring to change kernel source code or load kernel modules. Until now, eBPF is available only in the Linux kernel. In May 2021, Microsoft announced a new project to make eBPF work on Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 and later. This project will allow developers to use familiar eBPF toolchains and APIs on top of existing versions of Windows.

Today, Microsoft, Google, Isovalent, Microsoft and Netflix announced the formation of a new eBPF Foundation under the Linux Foundation.
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Here’s why they are forming the eBPF Foundation:

eBPF, one of the most influential technologies in the infrastructure world, has seen explosive growth in the last few years. We are establishing a foundation around it to help support the growth of the technology and facilitate collaboration among the many eBPF-based open source projects that are evolving.
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Facebook, Google, Isovalent, Microsoft, and Netflix announce eBPF Foundation

Today, we are announcing the formation of a new eBPF Foundation under the overall umbrella of the Linux Foundation.

As the name suggests, eBPF shares some roots with BPF which is much older and originates in the BSD community.
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Why we created the eBPF Foundation
The number of eBPF-based projects has exploded in recent years and many more have been announcing intent to start adopting the technology. eBPF is quickly becoming one of the most influential technologies in the infrastructure software world.

This is where the eBPF Foundation comes in, and establishes an eBPF steering committee to take care of the technical direction and vision of eBPF. Additionally, with the port of eBPF to the Windows kernel and additional ports to other platforms on the way, the question of eBPF program portability and eBPF runtime requirements becomes more important and requires coordination.
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Linux Foundation Press Release:
Facebook, Google, Isovalent, Microsoft and Netflix Launch eBPF Foundation as Part of the Linux Foundation

Industry leaders come together to drive the growth of eBPF as a transformational technology to redefine networking, security, tracing and observability
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