--- a/k2m_biops.h
+++ b/k2m_biops.h
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
 */
 
 //нужна ли конвертация. устанавливавется автоматически в 1 для НЕ big_endian систем
-static int endian_need_conv = __BYTE_ORDER__ != __ORDER_BIG_ENDIAN__;
+static int big_endian;
+
+#define endian_need_conv (!!big_endian ^ (__BYTE_ORDER__ == __ORDER_BIG_ENDIAN__))
 
 /* конвертор из одного байтового порядка в обратный
    x обязательно должна быть переменной но не выражением !
--- a/kernel2minor.c
+++ b/kernel2minor.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ void print_help(void){
   char *usage[] =
     { "-k", "Path to kernel file", kernel_file,
       "-r", "Path to result file", res_file,
-      "-e", "Enable endian convert", endian_need_conv ? "Yes" : "No",
+      "-e", "Enable endian convert to big-endian", big_endian ? "Yes" : "No",
       "-c", "Use ECC", use_ecc ? "Yes" : "No",
       "-s", "FLASH Unit(Chunk) size", chunk_size_str,
       "-i", "Add image info block", add_image_info_block ? info_block_size_str : "No",
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
       case 'k': snprintf(kernel_file, sizeof(kernel_file) - 1, "%s", optarg); break;
       case 'r': snprintf(res_file, sizeof(res_file) - 1, "%s", optarg); break;
       case 'c': use_ecc = 1; break;
-      case 'e': endian_need_conv = 1; break;
+      case 'e': big_endian = 1; break;
       case 's': chunk_size = atoi(optarg); break;
       case 'i': add_image_info_block = 1; align_size = atoi(optarg); break;
       case 'p': strncpy(platform_name, optarg, sizeof(platform_name)); break;