Comment 20 for bug 1884981

On my lenovo ideapad 5 14ARE05 random decides whether the touchpad works or not, but it stays the same until a second boot. Unlike the 15 inch version it has the following touchpad:
Device 'MSFT0004:00 06CB:CD98 Touchpad':
When it does not work, I get the following kernel error every few seconds:
i2c_designware AMDI0010:00: controller timed out
It is recognized by xinput in inoperational condition as well.
However, the behavior is not totally random. Chances are much better if I shut the computer down and then power it on after a few seconds compared to hitting the reboot button.
I am using manjaro linux, but also tried ubuntu and fedora, it's the same on all distros as well as on the 5.6 kernel.
I have been wondering if it is possible to completely restart the touchpad until it works, but I could not find out which component need to be restarted for that and how to do it. This would be a great functionality to fix all kinds of hardware bugs.
Another idea would be to find out what makes the touchpad go into the working or not working state. I would be pleased for any ideas.