Understanding open driver error load with V100 GPU (Ubuntu 22.04)

Need to use nvidia open driver on Ubuntu 22.04. Getting the following error at boot time

[ 469.654076] nvidia-nvlink: Nvlink Core is being initialized, major device number 506
[ 469.654081] NVRM: The NVIDIA GPU 0000:0c:00.0 (PCI ID: 10de:1db4)
NVRM: installed in this system is not supported by open
NVRM: nvidia.ko because it does not include the required GPU
NVRM: System Processor (GSP).
NVRM: Please see the ‘Open Linux Kernel Modules’ and ‘GSP
NVRM: Firmware’ sections in the driver README, available on
NVRM: the Linux graphics driver download page at
NVRM: www.nvidia.com.
[ 469.657480] nvidia: probe of 0000:0c:00.0 failed with error -1
[ 469.657495] NVRM: The NVIDIA probe routine failed for 1 device(s).
[ 469.657496] NVRM: None of the NVIDIA devices were initialized.

sudo lspci -s 0c:00.0 -v
0c:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GV100GL [Tesla V100 PCIe 16GB] (rev a1)
Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation GV100GL [Tesla V100 PCIe 16GB]
Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 24, IOMMU group 21
Memory at ed000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at f800000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=16G]
Memory at fc00000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [78] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [250] Latency Tolerance Reporting
Capabilities: [258] L1 PM Substates
Capabilities: [128] Power Budgeting <?> Capabilities: [420] Advanced Error Reporting Capabilities: [600] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=024 <?>
Capabilities: [900] Secondary PCI Express
Capabilities: [ac0] Designated Vendor-Specific: Vendor=10de ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=12 <?>
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
Kernel modules: nvidia_drm, nvidia

No problem loading the driver when using the proprietary driver with this device instead.

What is the meaning of this message, and how do I fix that, using the open driver (proprietary version is not an option)

Unfortunately the V100 is too old for the open driver. See the Supported GPUs section.

“For older GPUs from the Maxwell, Pascal, or Volta architectures, the open-source GPU kernel modules are not compatible with your platform. Continue to use the NVIDIA proprietary driver.”

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