Oh, and please make an entry in bugzilla - this sounds like a bug.
I don't know how to make a bug report -
Have a look at http://bugs.opensuse.org If you still have questions, just ask.
I was looking around on the "bugs-page" for tulip/dfme and I think the bug is already known there. But the comments there sound to me as if it's not a bug somebody considers worth "repairing". It said, that the bug only occuring with those cheep Davicom-cards - well I didn't know that Linux users only use exclusive high-end devices, maybe one should rename it from opensuse to LuisVuittonSuse or something like that... ;-)
Maybe the new kernel 2.6 has longer (and a bit mixed up) messages - but maybe there is still something as it should not? I wonder about eth0 showing up 3 times and about the "Waiting for mandatory devices: eth-id-00:08:a1:35:bf:bc".
Does your network card use a dynamic IP via DHCP? This would explain the message - it just waits for the DHCP server.
No, I use only a fixed IP on the only remaing network card (the onboard one had to be desabled in bios due to a freeze by the TG3 driver). This is why I'm wondering about the waiting and about the multiple listing of lo and eth0... regards, Daniel