> Or, you could explain this more as an attribute of the filesystem: > > FFS filesystems are byte-order dependent, and thus not portable to > systems with a different endianness. > > (two n in endianness) > >
what about this text in mount_ffs(8) where it makes more sense? Index: mount_ffs.8 =================================================================== RCS file: /data/cvs/src/sbin/mount_ffs/mount_ffs.8,v retrieving revision 1.18 diff -u -p -r1.18 mount_ffs.8 --- mount_ffs.8 6 Oct 2016 13:16:21 -0000 1.18 +++ mount_ffs.8 28 Aug 2019 17:19:48 -0000 @@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ For example, /dev/sd0a and 3eb7f9da875cb .Sq a partition. .Pp +As FFS filesystems are byte-order dependent, +.Nm +will error on a system using a different endianness. +.Pp This command is normally executed per file system by .Xr rc 8 at boot time using the
