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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 Dejiang He <hedejiang9@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Define the device, controller and partition to be the external memory
+ * for running the application in external NOR from MCUboot
+ */
+/ {
+	chosen {
+		zephyr,flash = &w25q64_qspi;
+		zephyr,flash-controller = &w25q64_qspi;
+		zephyr,code-partition = &slot0_partition;
+	};
+};