diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "include/cpu_features"]
+	path = include/cpu_features
+	url = https://github.com/google/cpu_features
diff --git a/include/cpu_features b/include/cpu_features
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index 0000000000..d3b2440fcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/cpu_features
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+Subproject commit d3b2440fcfc25fe8e6d0d4a85f06d68e98312f5b