>The only clear advantage of the PA6T in that regard is its better flexibility, as it can power one x16 PCIe 1.0 slot (which equals one x8 PCIe 2.0 slot) and some more slower PCIe slots whereas the QorIQ P5 can power either one x8 PCIe 2.0 slot and no more PCIe slots or just x4 PCIe 2.0 slots and some more slower PCIe slots.

yep, its definitely an advantage to have other slots than one dedicated to video (unless you're willing to go with an X4 compromise like Acube).

>It's 'x8' or 'x4 x4 x1 x1' with SATA or 'x4 x4 x4' without SATA.

I knew you'd tweak that one.

>Do we know for sure by now that ARMv7-A supports true big-endian?

No, I don't know about that.

I'd still favor a PPC solution, which is why I keep following these developments.
You've been right on top of all this for some time now, Andreas.
You must admit that things are looking more encouraging then they have for quite a while.