New generations such as Blackwell have open source kernel modules, there is not even a proprietary option. I thought there was a move in this direction?

https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-transitions-fully-t...

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maxhille 2 hours ago | parent [-]

AFAIK the open source kernel driver pushes a signed proprietary 500Mb firmware blob into the GPU.

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NekkoDroid an hour ago | parent [-]

The total linux-firmware-nvidia package for Archlinux uncompressed (outer, the firmware blobs are also compressed on top of that) is ~160MB (Mb would be Megabit), with the biggest individual compressed blob being ~50MB.

	▲	maxhille 38 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		You are right the firmware packages are smaller. I mixed it up with the VRAM the GSP uses after being loaded. Point was about the kernel drivers being open-source enabling hackability - they don't, the card hardware is just as closed as before.