From 4224685fe9baf1df4c42bcb950c9a593efa0585f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>

Date: Mon, 8 May 2017 09:40:09 +1000

Subject: [RHEL7.5 PATCH 116/169] Mention "endian" in documentation for

 --update=byte-order

This makes it easier to find as "endian" is a commonly used term.

Reported-by: Trevor Cordes <trevor@tecnopolis.ca>

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>

Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <jsorensen@fb.com>

---

 mdadm.8.in | 3 ++-

 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mdadm.8.in b/mdadm.8.in

index fb99a5c..388e0ed 100644

--- a/mdadm.8.in

+++ b/mdadm.8.in

@@ -1264,7 +1264,8 @@ is correct.

 The

 .B byteorder

 option allows arrays to be moved between machines with different

-byte-order.

+byte-order, such as from a big-endian machine like a Sparc or some

+MIPS machines, to a little-endian x86_64 machine.

 When assembling such an array for the first time after a move, giving

 .B "\-\-update=byteorder"

 will cause

-- 

2.7.4