diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "caravel"]
+	path = caravel
+	url = https://github.com/efabless/caravel
diff --git a/caravel b/caravel
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index 0000000..20308f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/caravel
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+Subproject commit 20308f5d46605cb0e0799a0f26142e729bbaaebe