From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: NeilBrown Subject: [mdadm PATCH] Mention "endian" in documentation for --update=byte-order Date: Mon, 08 May 2017 09:40:09 +1000 Message-ID: <87a86onsme.fsf@notabene.neil.brown.name> References: <5c6e6e5d93d4056839e4f370e00a8e08@mail.athompso.net> <87fugio7cy.fsf@notabene.neil.brown.name> <20170506014117.4d3f1689@pog.tecnopolis.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20170506014117.4d3f1689@pog.tecnopolis.ca> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Jes Sorensen , Trevor Cordes Cc: Continuation of Round Table discussion , Adam Thompson , linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This makes it easier to find as "endian" is a commonly used term. Reported-by: Trevor Cordes Signed-off-by: NeilBrown =2D-- mdadm.8.in | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mdadm.8.in b/mdadm.8.in index fb99a5cd9159..388e0edbf89a 100644 =2D-- 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 =2Dbyte-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=3Dbyteorder" will cause =2D-=20 2.12.2 --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEG8Yp69OQ2HB7X0l6Oeye3VZigbkFAlkPsFkACgkQOeye3VZi gbnM7g//QoCGYLjYSb+YDBawbQj7kjvhqy1+Tz5NroZJHI8Tq2s7pX2HtiylSgZs M4o8O785F7/NG7CRgqMDUY8gcffV4gZxjvZKcW/Ic2pHz99NpRdq04Cu47IFEwan egYg2SqcFGYFaFe9Ze+Cn/hu3yrLexiwmcA7c/qjoFXWWaW+Ib6PMzSYLi/Vo+qs IYCY7ObWNG74eBA5I3+F4qV7DCj8iCcNwraWl9EcOM4l+lI0OEoKApHg70pN9jSb mZlLfuM5NDOmwA4jiPmKYvgyRt2SyXlyHPodRtTJdL/jvr/4gJ0eNe2FcHESuyRK f3uTk0myxGPLlgi0sXCHAWmxPgsdXdPZjamcjHbmrL0GqG8InJNxZ64KPdtNcLRq 8mAMk+sG+sSaTbBp8YTYz73a7YlWpDXq+8IZggo7F4CYqiqcl4B/9JX07wMPlZ4g qNu/SHauPYQ8I/NmC57l/Wvk5pigeJ2407hBzKVrF3F4AzwUopp1FJaMq5utYeaC vJ1QkQRiwHA6VdOV2chHCmsMtWCC41YEdRvLVcbu/wObRWnsEq0OQ1qDmqcf9pg6 nMtXlEJw3SZPFjxeDoAOeKEFWqYZ98xG4Xb0ZkXRbLwkX/yEBna/UeOdCH/F2VA8 uNNzb8o1QQFTVsX5QJpo9pxnPs8MuwB2fAmbJEXCnngGRsrbev4= =ud73 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--