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+#
+# This file is autogenerated: PLEASE DO NOT EDIT IT.
+#
+# You can use "make menuconfig" to make any modifications to the installed .config file.
+# You can then do "make savedefconfig" to generate a new defconfig file that includes your
+# modifications.
+#
+CONFIG_ARCH="arm64"
+CONFIG_ARCH_ARM64=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_AS_HAS_ARMV8_5=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD="qemu-armv8a"
+CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD_QEMU_ARMV8A=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP="qemu"
+CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP_QEMU=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP_QEMU_UNKNOWN=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_EARLY_PRINT=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_INTERRUPTSTACK=4096
+CONFIG_ARCH_SINGLE_SECURITY_STATE=y
+CONFIG_ARM64_SEMIHOSTING_HOSTFS=y
+CONFIG_ARM64_STRING_FUNCTION=y
+CONFIG_BUILTIN=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_ASSERTIONS=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_FEATURES=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_FULLOPT=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_SCHED=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_SCHED_ERROR=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_SCHED_WARN=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=y
+CONFIG_DEFAULT_TASK_STACKSIZE=8192
+CONFIG_DEVICE_TREE=y
+CONFIG_DEV_ZERO=y
+CONFIG_EXAMPLES_HELLO=y
+CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
+CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER=y
+CONFIG_FS_HOSTFS=y
+CONFIG_FS_PROCFS=y
+CONFIG_FS_PROCFS_REGISTER=y
+CONFIG_FS_ROMFS=y
+CONFIG_FS_TMPFS=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_CXX=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE=y
+CONFIG_IDLETHREAD_STACKSIZE=8192
+CONFIG_INIT_ENTRYPOINT="nsh_main"
+CONFIG_INTELHEX_BINARY=y
+CONFIG_LIBC_EXECFUNCS=y
+CONFIG_LIBC_MEMFD_ERROR=y
+CONFIG_NSH_ARCHINIT=y
+CONFIG_NSH_BUILTIN_APPS=y
+CONFIG_NSH_FILEIOSIZE=512
+CONFIG_NSH_READLINE=y
+CONFIG_PREALLOC_TIMERS=4
+CONFIG_PROFILE_MINI=y
+CONFIG_PTHREAD_STACK_MIN=8192
+CONFIG_RAMLOG=y
+CONFIG_RAM_SIZE=134217728
+CONFIG_RAM_START=0x40000000
+CONFIG_RAW_BINARY=y
+CONFIG_READLINE_CMD_HISTORY=y
+CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
+CONFIG_SCHED_HPWORK=y
+CONFIG_SCHED_HPWORKPRIORITY=192
+CONFIG_SPINLOCK=y
+CONFIG_STACK_COLORATION=y
+CONFIG_START_MONTH=3
+CONFIG_START_YEAR=2022
+CONFIG_SYMTAB_ORDEREDBYNAME=y
+CONFIG_SYSTEM_GPROF=y
+CONFIG_SYSTEM_NSH=y
+CONFIG_SYSTEM_SYSTEM=y
+CONFIG_SYSTEM_TIME64=y
+CONFIG_TESTING_GETPRIME=y
+CONFIG_TESTING_KASAN=y
+CONFIG_TESTING_OSTEST=y
+CONFIG_UART1_BASE=0x9000000
+CONFIG_UART1_IRQ=33
+CONFIG_UART1_PL011=y
+CONFIG_UART1_SERIAL_CONSOLE=y
+CONFIG_UART_PL011=y
+CONFIG_USEC_PER_TICK=1000