odd NFS problem with 2.5.44

Colour me puzzled..
make -f lib/zlib_inflate/Makefile
make -f arch/i386/lib/Makefile
/sbin/kallsyms .tmp_vmlinux2 > .tmp_kallsyms2.o

        ld -m elf_i386 -e stext -T arch/i386/vmlinux.lds.s arch/i386/kernel/head.o arch/i386/kernel/init_task.o  init/built-in.o --start-group  arch/i386/kernel/built-in.o  arch/i386/mm/built-in.o  arch/i386/mach-generic/built-in.o  kernel/built-in.o  mm/built-in.o  fs/built-in.o  ipc/built-in.o  security/built-in.o  lib/lib.a  arch/i386/lib/lib.a  drivers/built-in.o  sound/built-in.o  arch/i386/pci/built-in.o  arch/i386/oprofile/built-in.o  net/built-in.o --end-group .tmp_kallsyms2.o -o vmlinux

ld: final link failed: No space left on device
make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1

(davej@tetrachloride:linux-2.5)$ df
Filesystem             Size   Used  Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda5              43GB  1.2GB   39GB   3% /
/dev/hda1              24MB  5.5MB   18MB  25% /boot
equinox.internal:/mnt/data
                      122GB   13GB  103GB  12% /mnt/equinox

(Source directory is on /mnt/equinox)

This is building under a 2.5.44 kernel. Trying it under a 2.4.19 works. Wierder still, cut-n-pasting the ld line that fails makes it succeed the next time around.

Weird NFS breakage ?

Dave

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