Comment 2 for bug 673820

More info:

# ifconfig eth0
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:f7:00:3c:ec
          inet addr:192.168.1.109 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::202:f7ff:fe00:3cec/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:222808 errors:0 dropped:1095 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:49092 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:45274 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:336727204 (336.7 MB) TX bytes:3495507 (3.4 MB)
          Interrupt:47

This is with only my host, a hub, and the vexpress connected. The
number of collisions and dropped packets seems way too high.