Problem 12: wireless off on startup means no wireless at all

OK, here we go with a new problem: I just booted a machine with my wireless switch in the "off" position. No wireless interface was created, and turning the switch to "on" did not help. I had to go into YaST to try to change configuration settings, after that it run something (modprobe, maybe?) which caused the my wireless card to be visible. After that the switch worked just fine. It was not a problem in 10.0 - there I could easily boot with my wireless off, and then turn it on later. I do see a message about failing to set up eth1 during boot. Interestingly, when I was running installation, the kernel saw the card even when the switch was off - so it should be detectable. Haven't figured out what's wrong there yet. I wonder if it would be better with Network Manager?