The kernel module intel_ips floods the logs

[Darek Hisc]

After disabling Intel ME in the laptop BIOS, the kern.log began to be flooded with thousands of such entries (approximately every 0.5s):

$ dmesg

intel ips 0000:00:1f.6: ME failed to update for more than 1s, likely hung

On some forum I found this advice:

1. add intel_ips to the blacklist
   echo "blacklist intel_ips" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

2. add i915 and intel_ips to /etc/modules

   echo -e "i915\nintel_ips" >> /etc/modules

I only made the first point and the log flood was over.

Two questions:

1. Could disabling the intel_ips kernel module completely have harmful consequences for Debian 11?

2. What's the point of the advice in step 2 to first add intel_ips to the blacklist and then re-enable it in /etc/modules? Does it make sense?

Cheers!