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+# Enable debug-stream protocol
+CONFIG_SOF_DEBUG_STREAM_SLOT=y
+# Add thread_info-client for debug stream
+CONFIG_SOF_DEBUG_STREAM_THREAD_INFO=y
+# Zephyr option for storing human readable thread names
+CONFIG_THREAD_NAME=y
+
+# Debug window slot configuration 1
+# The CONFIG_SOF_TELEMETRY uses slot 2, but with performance and IO-performance
+# it extends beyond slot 3.
+CONFIG_MEMORY_WIN_2_SIZE=16384
+CONFIG_SOF_TELEMETRY_PERFORMANCE_MEASUREMENTS=n
+CONFIG_SOF_TELEMETRY_IO_PERFORMANCE_MEASUREMENTS=n
+
+# If we turn telemetry off all together, we can use slot 2. Slot 1 is used by mtrace
+#CONFIG_SOF_DEBUG_STREAM_SLOT_NUMBER=2
+#CONFIG_SOF_TELEMETRY=n
+#CONFIG_SOF_TELEMETRY_PERFORMANCE_MEASUREMENTS=n
+#CONFIG_SOF_TELEMETRY_IO_PERFORMANCE_MEASUREMENTS=n
+