Addendum:

>> I'm still not sure about the true big-endian capabilities of current ARM processors.

> Olaf "Olsen" Barthel seems to be rather optimistic about it [...]

Nicholas "minator" Blachford, who works for ARM Ltd., is on the same track, at least regarding ARMv7-A:

"How well will it do on a 2.5GHz A9 in big endian mode?"
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