-echo 'static const char packed_usage[] = '
-"$loc/usage" | bzip2 -1 | od -v -t x1 \
-| $SED -e 's/^[^ ]*//' -e 's/ \(..\)/\\x\1/g' -e 's/^\(.*\)$/"\1"/'
-echo ';'
+echo 'static const char packed_usage[] ALIGN1 = {'
+
+## Breaks on big-endian systems!
+## # Extra effort to avoid using "od -t x1": -t is not available
+## # in non-CONFIG_DESKTOPed busybox od
+##
+## "$loc/usage" | bzip2 -1 | od -v -x \
+## | $SED -e 's/^[^ ]*//' \
+## -e 's/ //g' \
+## -e '/^$/d' \
+## -e 's/\(..\)\(..\)/0x\2,0x\1,/g'
+
+"$loc/usage" | bzip2 -1 | $DD bs=2 skip=1 2>/dev/null | od -v -t x1 \
+| $SED -e 's/^[^ ]*//' \
+ -e 's/ //g' \
+ -e '/^$/d' \
+ -e 's/\(..\)/0x\1,/g'
+
+echo '};'