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+# Enable MIPI Sys-T Catalog FW logging
+# ref: https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/samples/subsys/logging/syst/README.html
+CONFIG_LOG_MIPI_SYST_ENABLE=y
+CONFIG_LOG_MIPI_SYST_USE_CATALOG=y
+
+# set as output type of all SOF backends
+CONFIG_LOG_BACKEND_ADSP_OUTPUT_SYST=y
+CONFIG_LOG_BACKEND_ADSP_OUTPUT_SYST=y
+CONFIG_LOG_BACKEND_ADSP_MTRACE_OUTPUT_SYST=y