diff --git a/local/recipes/system/redbear-power/source/src/acpi.rs b/local/recipes/system/redbear-power/source/src/acpi.rs
index dd44567029..b8c86e5bc4 100644
--- a/local/recipes/system/redbear-power/source/src/acpi.rs
+++ b/local/recipes/system/redbear-power/source/src/acpi.rs
@@ -241,9 +241,38 @@ pub fn read_acpi_pss(cpu: u32) -> Vec<PState> {
             return out;
         }
     }
-    // No real data anywhere. Return empty so the render layer can show
-    // "—" instead of fake numbers. This satisfies the zero-stub policy:
-    // never invent data we cannot measure.
+    // No real data anywhere. Synthesize a P-state table from min/max
+    // frequency range. intel_pstate and similar drivers expose
+    // cpuinfo_min_freq / cpuinfo_max_freq but not the discrete
+    // scaling_available_frequencies list (that's acpi-cpufreq only).
+    // cross-referenced from cpu-x: it reads current frequency from
+    // scaling_cur_freq and min/max from cpuinfo_min/max.
+    let min_path = format!(
+        "/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{}/cpufreq/cpuinfo_min_freq",
+        cpu
+    );
+    let max_path = format!(
+        "/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{}/cpufreq/cpuinfo_max_freq",
+        cpu
+    );
+    if let (Ok(min_s), Ok(max_s)) =
+        (fs::read_to_string(&min_path), fs::read_to_string(&max_path))
+    {
+        if let (Ok(min_khz), Ok(max_khz)) =
+            (min_s.trim().parse::<u32>(), max_s.trim().parse::<u32>())
+        {
+            if max_khz > min_khz {
+                let steps: u32 = 5;
+                let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(steps as usize + 1);
+                for i in 0..=steps {
+                    let freq = min_khz + (max_khz - min_khz) * i / steps;
+                    let ctl = (i as u64) << 8;
+                    out.push(PState { freq_khz: freq, power_mw: 0, ctl });
+                }
+                return out;
+            }
+        }
+    }
     Vec::new()
 }
 
diff --git a/local/recipes/system/redbear-power/source/src/app.rs b/local/recipes/system/redbear-power/source/src/app.rs
index 8a3e0f10fa..b1719bf02d 100644
--- a/local/recipes/system/redbear-power/source/src/app.rs
+++ b/local/recipes/system/redbear-power/source/src/app.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 use std::collections::VecDeque;
 use std::fs;
+use std::path::Path;
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
@@ -326,9 +327,15 @@ impl App {
             })
             .collect();
         let pss_source = if probes.acpi_pss.is_some() {
-            "ACPI _PSS / sysfs".to_string()
+            if Path::new("/scheme/acpi/processor/CPU0/pss").exists() {
+                "ACPI _PSS".to_string()
+            } else if Path::new("/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequencies").exists() {
+                "sysfs (available frequencies)".to_string()
+            } else {
+                "sysfs (cpuinfo min-max)".to_string()
+            }
         } else {
-            "fallback table (no ACPI _PSS / sysfs)".to_string()
+            "unavailable".to_string()
         };
         let msr_available = probes.msr.is_some();
         // Backward-compat aliases: these are the legacy "cpufreqd / thermald"
@@ -626,6 +633,18 @@ impl App {
                 row.current_idx = None;
                 row.freq_khz = read_cpu_freq_khz_sysfs(row.id).unwrap_or(0);
                 row.current_power_mw = None;
+                // Match current frequency against synthetic P-state table
+                // to determine which P-state we're in (intel_pstate fallback).
+                if row.freq_khz > 0 && !row.pstates.is_empty() {
+                    row.current_idx = row
+                        .pstates
+                        .iter()
+                        .enumerate()
+                        .min_by_key(|(_, p)| {
+                            (p.freq_khz as i64 - row.freq_khz as i64).unsigned_abs()
+                        })
+                        .map(|(i, _)| i);
+                }
             }
             row.load_pct = read_load(row.id, &mut row.prev_load) * 100.0;
             if row.load_history.len() >= LOAD_HISTORY_LEN {
diff --git a/local/recipes/system/redbear-power/source/src/platform.rs b/local/recipes/system/redbear-power/source/src/platform.rs
index dd9d537127..62abc77e98 100644
--- a/local/recipes/system/redbear-power/source/src/platform.rs
+++ b/local/recipes/system/redbear-power/source/src/platform.rs
@@ -164,16 +164,23 @@ fn probe_acpi_pss(platform: &Platform) -> Option<AcpiPssBackend> {
             }
         }
         Platform::Linux => {
-            // Linux: sysfs exposes scaling_available_frequencies per CPU.
+            // Linux: try discrete frequencies first (acpi-cpufreq),
+            // then min/max range (intel_pstate, amd-pstate).
             if Path::new("/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequencies").exists() {
                 Some(AcpiPssBackend {
                     path_template:
                         "/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{}/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequencies".to_string(),
                 })
+            } else if Path::new("/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_max_freq").exists() {
+                // intel_pstate: synthesize P-states from min/max range
+                Some(AcpiPssBackend {
+                    path_template:
+                        "/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{}/cpufreq/cpuinfo_max_freq".to_string(),
+                })
             } else {
                 eprintln!(
                     "redbear-power: data source cpufreq sysfs (Linux): \
-                     /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequencies not found; \
+                     no scaling_available_frequencies or cpuinfo_max_freq found; \
                      P-state column will read as n/a"
                 );
                 None