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Print all logs available, even debug-level information. This includes
logs from libbpf as well as from the verifier, when attempting to
load programs.
+
+-l, --legacy
+ Use legacy libbpf mode which has more relaxed BPF program
+ requirements. By default, bpftool has more strict requirements
+ about section names, changes pinning logic and doesn't support
+ some of the older non-BTF map declarations.
+
+ See https://github.com/libbpf/libbpf/wiki/Libbpf:-the-road-to-v1.0
+ for details.