module options ignored at bootup?

["H.S." <hs.samix@gmail.com>]

Hello,

In Debian Etch, kernel 2.6.17, are options given in /etc/modules to
modules ignored at bootup?

To load the ath-pci module at boot, this line in /etc/modules:
ath-pci autocreate=ap

seems to be ignoring the autocreate option. This problem is gotten
around by using these lines in the ath0's (the device created by the
module) stanza in /etc/network/interfaces:
pre-up rmmod ath-pci
pre-up modprobe ath-pci autocreate=ap

So looks like the module has to be removed and reloaded with the option
*after* the machine has booted to get the options to work.

Anybody know why this happens? This is a problem, right?

->HS