diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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-[submodule "buildroot"]
-	path = buildroot
-	url = https://github.com/buildroot/buildroot
diff --git a/buildroot b/buildroot
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-Subproject commit 8a94ff12d232ada68cff5957089a78a1f0b8f192