[ about the "no atime update" mount option ]
> It would probably be best implemented as an inherited ext2 attribute
> then. Stick it on the news spool directory, and maybe those few files
> that keep the laptop owner's disks spinning.
i think it's the best to have it as a mount option :) it's not really good
to extend the inode physical layout with such a thing IMHO. (though there
is some place reserved, but it should rather be used for things like
POSIX.6).
-- mingo