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+.\" Copyright (c) 2023 Ian Marco Moffett and the VegaOS team.
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
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+.Dd October 4, 2023
+.Dt META-RIP 1
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm meta-rip - rip metadata from object file
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+
+.Bd -literal
+meta-rip [FILE]
+.Ed
+
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+This utility rips metadata from the .meta.note section of
+an object file that contains the following format:
+
+.Bd -literal
+$Vega$: Filename, Author Of Module, Description Of Module
+  \\
+   Cookie (always first)
+.Ed
+
+Example assembly C code that uses inline assembly to embed
+a meta string:
+
+.Bd -literal
+#define __KERNEL_META(meta_str)                    \\
+    __asm__ __volatile__(".section .meta.note\\n"   \\
+            ".align 4\\n"                           \\
+            ".string \\"" meta_str "\\"\\n"           \\
+            ".previous"                            \\
+    )
+.Ed