Comment 5 for bug 1799276

-- bionic --

ubuntu@hotdog:~$ uname -a
Linux hotdog 4.15.0-42-generic #45-Ubuntu SMP Thu Nov 15 19:31:49 UTC 2018 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux
ubuntu@hotdog:~$

ubuntu@hotdog:~$ for i in {1..500}; do sudo modprobe -r ipmi_ssif; sleep 2s ; sudo modprobe ipmi_ssif || exit; done
ubuntu@hotdog:~$

--- dmesg ---
Nov 20 17:42:30 hotdog kernel: [ 1326.490808] IPMI SSIF Interface driver
Nov 20 17:42:30 hotdog kernel: [ 1326.522331] ipmi_ssif: Trying SMBIOS-specified SSIF interface at i2c address 0xe, adapter xlp9xx-i2c, slave address 0x20
Nov 20 17:42:30 hotdog kernel: [ 1326.638455] ipmi_ssif 0-000e: Found new BMC (man_id: 0x00b3d1, prod_id: 0x0001, dev_id: 0x20)

Works as expected, no errors in dmesg.