Free user space for non-graphics drivers

> loading a dozen /lib/firmwares without even a debug statement in the firmware loader showing every file loaded.

Of course /lib/firmware doesn't include a number of other closed-source bits loaded even before the kernel (generally because they play a role in... booting the kernel).

https://www.ptsecurity.com/ww-en/analytics/disabling-inte...

Now the security of these is different because they can't be unsigned code, unlike most stuff in /lib/firmware I guess or the GPU/AI workloads mentioned above. But they're not open-source either.