for UFS1).
Remove kernel option for EA backing store autocreation and do it by
default. Add a sysctl so that autocreated attriutr size can be modified.
backing file per attribute type indexed by inode number to hold the extended
attributes.
This is working pretty well on my test systems, except for the "autostart"
feature. I need someone with a better handle on the VFS locking protocol
to go over that.
This is a work-in-progress. There are parts of this that could be re-factored
allowing this approach to be used on other types of file systems.
Adapted from FreeBSD.
joerg