Quote Originally Posted by Breetai
I forgot that /etc/modules.conf is not to be edited. It is built by the stuff in /etc/modutils

I would add it to the end of /etc/modutils/aliases

# support for SansDisk 5-in-1 reader
options scsi_mod max_scsi_luns=12
And then run update-modules as root for the changes to take effect on the next reload of the module.