ut warning"><div class=type><svg class="large-icon"><use xlink:href="/v1.14/img/icons.svg#callout-warning"/></svg></div><div class=content>Attention: Merbridge uses eBPF functions which require a Linux kernel version ≥ 5.7.</div></aside></div><p>With Merbridge, the packet datapath can be shortened directly from one socket to another destination socket, and here&rsquo;s how it works.</p><h2 id=using-ebpf-sockops-for-performance-optimization>Using eBPF <code>sockops</code> for performance optimization</h2><