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>

diff --git a/mdadm.8.in b/mdadm.8.in
index fb99a5cd91596cba888a6d61706c1885aa25cdd5..388e0edbf89a9aee719f8125c65221645fd4e8e5 100644 (file)
--- 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