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+# Some components have debug data and workdirs that are simply too large to be useful
+# in general builds. Disable or reduce debugging for these cases to improve disk usage
+# and build speed.
+
+# With -g, llvm workdir is 40GB, llvm-staticdev is 1.3GB, llvm-dbg is 1GB
+DEBUG_LEVELFLAG:pn-llvm = ""
+# With -g, qemu workdir is 10GB, qemu-dbg is 363MB
+DEBUG_LEVELFLAG:pn-qemu = ""
+# With -g, openssl workdir is 7.4GB, openssl-dbg is 336MB
+DEBUG_LEVELFLAG:pn-openssl = "-g1"