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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
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2.7.4