Technical white paper UEFI Secure Boot on HP business notebooks, desktops, and workstations

Appendix

General UEFI requirements

The BIOS incorporated in the HP business notebooks, desktops, and workstations supporting Windows 8 conforms to the following sections of the UEFI 2.3.1 Class 2 specification:

2.3, 3.1, 4.3, 6.1 ~ 6.5, 7.1~7.5, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 9.5, 11.2 ~ 11.4, 11.8, 11.9, 12.4, 12.7, 12.8, 12.9, 18.5, 21.1, 21.3, 21.5, 27.1~27.8.

PCR boot measurements for notebook products

Table A1 lists the PCR boot measurements for notebook products. Section references indicated in Table A1 refer to the UEFI 2.3.1 Class 2 specification document.

Table A1..PCR boot measurements for hp business notebook products

PCR

Expected measurement

Actual measurement

 

 

 

PCR 0

S-CRTM’s version identifier using the

S-CRTM’s version identifier using the event type

 

event type EV_S_CRTM_VERSION

EV_S_CRTM_VERSION

 

All Host Platform firmware using the

All Host Platform firmware using the event type

 

event type EV_POST_CODE

EV_POST_CODE

 

ACPI data using event type

 

 

EV_UEFI_HANDOFF_TABLES

 

 

 

 

PCR 1

Not used

 

 

 

 

PCR 2

Not used

Currently measuring FV(??)

Non-manufacturer

 

 

controlled options/UEFI

 

 

drivers

 

 

 

 

 

PCR 3

Not used

 

PCR 4

If the BIOS is configured or designed to

 

not record each device the BIOS

 

attempts to boot, an

 

EV_OMIT_BOOT_DEVICE_EVENTS

 

event MUST be measured once. See

 

Section 11.3.1 (Event Types).

 

The BIOS MUST record the EV_ACTION

 

event “Calling INT 19h” or the

 

EV_UEFI_ACTION event “Calling UEFI

 

Application from Boot Option.” See

 

Section 11.3.3 (EV_ACTION Event

 

Types).

The BIOS MUST record the EV_ACTION event “Calling INT 19h” or the EV_UEFI_ACTION event “Calling UEFI Application from Boot Option.” See Section 11.3.3 (EV_ACTION Event Types).

PCR 5

Not used

Calling UEFI application event, GPT

 

 

 

PCR 6

Not used (UEFI Secure Boot data in

Secure Boot variables

 

spec but MS indicates that they want

 

 

that in PCR 7)

 

 

 

 

PCR 7

Not used

 

 

 

 

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HP 8300 manual Appendix, General Uefi requirements, PCR boot measurements for notebook products, Pcr

8300 specifications

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