--- title: HFI BIOS Aims To Provide A POST-Like Power On Screen &... description: The Harmonic Firmware Initiative (HFI) is a new project aiming to improve the boot experience for RISC-V hardware. Built as an extension of U-Boot, HFI targets... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/hfi-bios-aims-to-provide-a-post-like-power-on-screen-bios-setup-utility-for-risc-v-s30n99stg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: HFI BIOS Aims To Provide A POST-Like Power On Screen & BIOS Setup Utility For RISC-V | daily.dev og:description: The Harmonic Firmware Initiative (HFI) is a new project aiming to improve the boot experience for RISC-V hardware. Built as an extension of U-Boot, HFI targets... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/hfi-bios-aims-to-provide-a-post-like-power-on-screen-bios-setup-utility-for-risc-v-s30n99stg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/S30n99StG.png og:image:alt: HFI BIOS Aims To Provide A POST-Like Power On Screen & BIOS Setup Utility For RISC-V og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # HFI BIOS Aims To Provide A POST-Like Power On Screen & BIOS Setup Utility For RISC-V **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The Harmonic Firmware Initiative (HFI) is a new project aiming to improve the boot experience for RISC-V hardware. Built as an extension of U-Boot, HFI targets providing graphics card initialization, a POST-like power-on screen, and a BIOS setup utility. The initial target platform is the SiFive HiFive Unmatched board. The project is led by developers behind the QSOE QNX-inspired RISC-V OS, and its broader success will depend on adoption from major RISC-V hardware vendors. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is the Harmonic Firmware Initiative (HFI) for RISC-V? HFI is a firmware project extending U-Boot to give RISC-V boards a standardized power-on experience, including proper graphics card initialization, a POST-like power-on screen, and a BIOS setup utility. It is led by developers behind the QSOE QNX-inspired RISC-V operating system, with the SiFive HiFive Unmatched board as its initial target hardware. 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