--- util-linux-2.21.2/disk-utils/mkfs.bfs.c.old	2013-05-28 19:26:05.000000000 +0200
+++ util-linux-2.21.2/disk-utils/mkfs.bfs.c	2013-05-28 19:39:28.000000000 +0200
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
 	unsigned long long user_specified_total_blocks = 0;
 	int verbose = 0;
 	int fd;
+	uint32_t first_block;
 	struct bfssb sb;
 	struct bfsi ri;
 	struct bfsde de;
@@ -224,9 +224,9 @@
 		     ino_blocks + 33);
 
 	memset(&sb, 0, sizeof(sb));
-	sb.s_magic = BFS_SUPER_MAGIC;
-	sb.s_start = ino_bytes + sizeof(struct bfssb);
-	sb.s_end = total_blocks * BFS_BLOCKSIZE - 1;
+	sb.s_magic = htole32(BFS_SUPER_MAGIC);
+	sb.s_start = htole32(ino_bytes + sizeof(struct bfssb));
+	sb.s_end = htole32(total_blocks * BFS_BLOCKSIZE - 1);
 	sb.s_from = sb.s_to = sb.s_backup_from = sb.s_backup_to = -1;
 	memcpy(sb.s_fsname, fsname, 6);
 	memcpy(sb.s_volume, volume, 6);
@@ -244,28 +244,29 @@
 				inodes, ino_blocks);
 		fprintf(stderr, _("Blocks: %lld\n"), total_blocks);
 		fprintf(stderr, _("Inode end: %d, Data end: %d\n"),
-			sb.s_start - 1, sb.s_end);
+			htole32(sb.s_start) - 1, htole32(sb.s_end));
 	}
 
 	if (write(fd, &sb, sizeof(sb)) != sizeof(sb))
 		err(EXIT_FAILURE, _("error writing superblock"));
 
 	memset(&ri, 0, sizeof(ri));
-	ri.i_ino = BFS_ROOT_INO;
-	ri.i_first_block = 1 + ino_blocks;
-	ri.i_last_block = ri.i_first_block +
-	    (inodes * sizeof(de) - 1) / BFS_BLOCKSIZE;
-	ri.i_bytes_to_end = ri.i_first_block * BFS_BLOCKSIZE
-	    + 2 * sizeof(struct bfsde) - 1;
-	ri.i_type = BFS_DIR_TYPE;
-	ri.i_mode = S_IFDIR | 0755;	/* or just 0755 */
-	ri.i_uid = 0;
-	ri.i_gid = 1;			/* random */
+	ri.i_ino = htole16(BFS_ROOT_INO);
+	first_block = 1 + ino_blocks;
+	ri.i_first_block = htole32(first_block);
+	ri.i_last_block = htole32(first_block +
+	    (inodes * sizeof(de) - 1) / BFS_BLOCKSIZE);
+	ri.i_bytes_to_end = htole32(first_block * BFS_BLOCKSIZE
+	    + 2 * sizeof(struct bfsde) - 1);
+	ri.i_type = htole32(BFS_DIR_TYPE);
+	ri.i_mode = htole32(S_IFDIR | 0755);	/* or just 0755 */
+	ri.i_uid = htole32(0);
+	ri.i_gid = htole32(1);			/* random */
 	ri.i_nlinks = 2;
 	time(&now);
-	ri.i_atime = now;
-	ri.i_mtime = now;
-	ri.i_ctime = now;
+	ri.i_atime = htole32(now);
+	ri.i_mtime = htole32(now);
+	ri.i_ctime = htole32(now);
 
 	if (write(fd, &ri, sizeof(ri)) != sizeof(ri))
 		err(EXIT_FAILURE, _("error writing root inode"));
@@ -279,7 +280,7 @@
 		err(EXIT_FAILURE, _("seek error"));
 
 	memset(&de, 0, sizeof(de));
-	de.d_ino = BFS_ROOT_INO;
+	de.d_ino = htole16(BFS_ROOT_INO);
 	memcpy(de.d_name, ".", 1);
 	if (write(fd, &de, sizeof(de)) != sizeof(de))
 		err(EXIT_FAILURE, _("error writing . entry"));