Nice hypothesis! Sadly, with Linux flimsy 4.15.0-9-generic #10~lp1745342 SMP Mon Feb 12 16:02:41 CST 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux it didn't work, but there's chatter in dmesg about it: Attaching in case it's useful.
Nice hypothesis! Sadly, with
Linux flimsy 4.15.0-9-generic #10~lp1745342 SMP Mon Feb 12 16:02:41 CST 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
it didn't work, but there's chatter in dmesg about it: Attaching in case it's useful.