--- linux-2.4.22/fs/nfs/dir.c.org	2003-12-09 14:21:59.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.4.22/fs/nfs/dir.c	2003-12-11 05:50:26.000000000 -0500
@@ -437,6 +437,14 @@ static int nfs_readdir(struct file *filp
 				if (res >= 0)
 					continue;
 			}
+			/*
+			 * Some IRIX servers fail READDIRPLUS RPC calls
+			 * with NFSERR_TOOSMALL when a non-existent cookie 
+			 * is requested, which is a bug. So ignore that failure.
+			 */
+			if (desc->plus && desc->error == -ETOOSMALL)
+				desc->error = 0;
+
 			res = 0;
 			break;
 		} else if (res < 0)