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+[submodule "daemon/jsmn"]
+	path = daemon/jsmn
+	url = https://github.com/zserge/jsmn
diff --git a/daemon/jsmn b/daemon/jsmn
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+Subproject commit bd9bd55c3a79a1f1f24d1bbf1c4a12e40a4810c8