12.3.4 Specifying Word Order for Output Words

There are two ways to split a wide word into consecutive memory locations in the same hex conversion utility output file:

• --order=MS specifies big-endian ordering, in which the most significant part of the wide word occupies the first of the consecutive locations.
• --order=LS specifies little-endian ordering, in which the least significant part of the wide word occupies the first of the consecutive locations.

By default, the utility uses big-endian format. Unless your boot loader program expects little-endian format, avoid using --order=LS.