See http://lists.debian.org/debian-arm/2003/10/msg00030.html
ARM has at least two FL formats. > from the ARM Architecture Reference Manual, Page C2-4: > > "The word order [for DP format] defined here for the VFP architecture > differs from that of the earlier FPA floating-point architecture. In > the FPA architecture, the most significant word always appeared at the > lower memory address, with the least significant word at the higher, > regardless of the memory system endianess". e