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+/ {
+	aliases {
+		state = &state;
+	};
+
+	disk {
+		compatible = "barebox,hostfile";
+		barebox,filename = "disk";
+		reg = <0x0 0x0 0x100000>;
+
+		partitions {
+			compatible = "fixed-partitions";
+			#address-cells = <1>;
+			#size-cells = <1>;
+
+			hostfile_state: state@0 {
+				reg = <0x0 0x1000>;
+				label = "state";
+			};
+		};
+	};
+
+	state: state {
+		magic = <0xaa3b86a6>;
+		compatible = "barebox,state";
+		backend-type = "raw";
+		backend = <&hostfile_state>;
+		backend-storage-type = "direct";
+		backend-stridesize = <64>;
+
+		#address-cells = <1>;
+		#size-cells = <1>;
+		vars {
+			#address-cells = <1>;
+			#size-cells = <1>;
+
+			x {
+				reg = <0x0 0x4>;
+				type = "uint32";
+				default = <1>;
+			};
+
+			y {
+				reg = <0x4 0x4>;
+				type = "uint32";
+				default = <3>;
+			};
+		};
+	};
+};