diff --git a/configs/nsim_hs38_defconfig b/configs/nsim_hs38_defconfig
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+CONFIG_ARC=y
+CONFIG_ISA_ARCV2=y
+CONFIG_TARGET_NSIM=y
+CONFIG_SYS_CLK_FREQ=70000000
+CONFIG_DM_SERIAL=y
+CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x81000000
+CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="nsim"
+CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=3
+CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT="nsim# "
+# CONFIG_CMD_IMLS is not set
+# CONFIG_CMD_FLASH is not set
+# CONFIG_CMD_SETEXPR is not set
+CONFIG_OF_CONTROL=y
+CONFIG_OF_EMBED=y
+CONFIG_DM=y
+CONFIG_USE_PRIVATE_LIBGCC=y