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+[submodule "cm"]
+        path = benchmarks/coremark/cm
+	url = https://github.com/eembc/coremark.git
+
+[submodule "benchmarks/coremark/cm"]
+	path = benchmarks/coremark/cm
+	url = https://github.com/eembc/coremark.git
diff --git a/benchmarks/coremark/cm b/benchmarks/coremark/cm
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+Subproject commit d5fad6bd094899101a4e5fd53af7298160ced6ab