> The issue isn’t any different from using closed source NVidia drivers with FreeBSD kernel. There's a significant difference between almost all devices and es

> The issue isn’t any different from using closed source NVidia drivers with FreeBSD kernel. There's a significant difference between almost all devices and essential devices like storage: you need to have the storage online as soon as possible, graphics are purely optional in the boot process. If you only use ZFS as "external" storage, sure it's effectively not different but as a boot drive?