diff --git a/local/recipes/system/cpufreqd/source/src/main.rs b/local/recipes/system/cpufreqd/source/src/main.rs
index f76839fc9a..800b3c42e1 100644
--- a/local/recipes/system/cpufreqd/source/src/main.rs
+++ b/local/recipes/system/cpufreqd/source/src/main.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,17 @@ struct CpuInfo {
 }
 
 fn detect_cpus() -> Vec<u32> {
+    // Redox exposes the CPU count via the sys:cpu scheme file, not via a
+    // /dev/cpu/ directory (kernel/src/scheme/sys/cpu.rs).
+    if let Ok(data) = fs::read_to_string("/scheme/sys/cpu") {
+        for line in data.lines() {
+            if let Some(rest) = line.strip_prefix("CPUs: ") {
+                if let Ok(n) = rest.trim().parse::<u32>() {
+                    if n > 0 { return (0..n).collect(); }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
     let mut v = Vec::new();
     if let Ok(e) = fs::read_dir("/dev/cpu") {
         for x in e.flatten() {
diff --git a/local/recipes/system/redbear-power/source/src/acpi.rs b/local/recipes/system/redbear-power/source/src/acpi.rs
index c2227b57d9..4d73c5f216 100644
--- a/local/recipes/system/redbear-power/source/src/acpi.rs
+++ b/local/recipes/system/redbear-power/source/src/acpi.rs
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@
 //!   missing (QEMU, some laptops), a hard-coded fallback table of
 //!   P0..P5 lets the TUI still display something useful.
 //!
-//! - `/scheme/sys/cpu/{n}/` — Redox-native per-CPU directory.
-//!   Falls back to `/dev/cpu` on Linux.
+//! - `/scheme/sys/cpu` — Redox-native sys scheme file with the CPU
+//!   count. Per-CPU stat files live at `/scheme/sys/cpu/{n}/stat`.
+//!   Linux falls back to `/dev/cpu/`.
 
 use std::fs;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct PState {
@@ -22,23 +24,103 @@ pub struct PState {
     pub ctl: u64,
 }
 
+/// Read per-CPU current frequency in kHz from sysfs cpufreq.
+/// Falls back to the scaling_cur_freq file on Linux; returns None
+/// if neither source is available. Used when MSR-based frequency
+/// reading is unavailable (e.g. no `msr` kernel module).
+pub fn read_cpu_freq_khz_sysfs(cpu: u32) -> Option<u32> {
+    let path = format!(
+        "/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{}/cpufreq/scaling_cur_freq",
+        cpu
+    );
+    if let Ok(s) = fs::read_to_string(&path) {
+        if let Ok(khz) = s.trim().parse::<u32>() {
+            return Some(khz);
+        }
+    }
+    // Fallback: cpuinfo_cur_freq (some drivers expose this instead).
+    let path2 = format!(
+        "/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu{}/cpufreq/cpuinfo_cur_freq",
+        cpu
+    );
+    if let Ok(s) = fs::read_to_string(&path2) {
+        if let Ok(khz) = s.trim().parse::<u32>() {
+            return Some(khz);
+        }
+    }
+    None
+}
+
+/// Read package power in microwatts from Intel RAPL powercap sysfs.
+/// Returns `(power_uw, timestamp)` — the caller should compute delta
+/// between two calls to get average power in watts.
+pub fn read_rapl_package_energy() -> Option<(u64, Instant)> {
+    // Intel RAPL: /sys/class/powercap/intel-rapl:0/energy_uj
+    let path = "/sys/class/powercap/intel-rapl:0/energy_uj";
+    if let Ok(s) = fs::read_to_string(path) {
+        if let Ok(uj) = s.trim().parse::<u64>() {
+            return Some((uj, Instant::now()));
+        }
+    }
+    // AMD RAPL: /sys/class/powercap/intel-rapl:0/energy_uj (same path on modern kernels)
+    // Also try the package-level energy file.
+    let path2 = "/sys/class/powercap/intel-rapl/intel-rapl:0/energy_uj";
+    if let Ok(s) = fs::read_to_string(path2) {
+        if let Ok(uj) = s.trim().parse::<u64>() {
+            return Some((uj, Instant::now()));
+        }
+    }
+    None
+}
+
+/// Compute average power in watts from two RAPL energy readings.
+/// Returns `(watts, new_prev)` — the caller should store the returned
+/// `new_prev` for the next call. Returns `(0.0, prev)` if the delta
+/// is too small or the readings are stale (>5 seconds).
+pub fn rapl_power_watts(
+    curr: (u64, Instant),
+    prev: (u64, Instant),
+) -> (f64, (u64, Instant)) {
+    let (e_curr, t_curr) = curr;
+    let (e_prev, t_prev) = prev;
+    let dt = t_curr.duration_since(t_prev);
+    if dt < Duration::from_millis(100) || dt > Duration::from_secs(5) {
+        return (0.0, curr);
+    }
+    let de = if e_curr >= e_prev {
+        e_curr - e_prev
+    } else {
+        // Energy counter wrapped (unlikely at u64 microjoules, but handle it).
+        0
+    };
+    let watts = (de as f64 / 1_000_000.0) / dt.as_secs_f64();
+    (watts, curr)
+}
+
 pub fn detect_cpus() -> Vec<u32> {
-    // Redox exposes CPU enumeration under /scheme/sys/cpu/{n}/...
-    // Linux falls back to /dev/cpu. Probe in that order; if both are
-    // empty, assume a single CPU 0.
-    for root in ["/scheme/sys/cpu", "/dev/cpu"] {
-        if let Ok(entries) = fs::read_dir(root) {
-            let mut v: Vec<u32> = entries
-                .filter_map(|e| e.ok())
-                .filter_map(|e| e.file_name().into_string().ok())
-                .filter_map(|n| n.parse().ok())
-                .collect();
-            v.sort();
-            if !v.is_empty() {
-                return v;
+    // Redox exposes the CPU count via the sys:cpu scheme file
+    // (kernel/src/scheme/sys/cpu.rs) as "CPUs: N\n...".  /dev/cpu/ does
+    // not exist on Redox. Linux falls back to /dev/cpu/N entries.
+    if let Ok(data) = fs::read_to_string("/scheme/sys/cpu") {
+        for line in data.lines() {
+            if let Some(rest) = line.strip_prefix("CPUs: ") {
+                if let Ok(n) = rest.trim().parse::<u32>() {
+                    if n > 0 { return (0..n).collect(); }
+                }
             }
         }
     }
+    if let Ok(entries) = fs::read_dir("/dev/cpu") {
+        let mut v: Vec<u32> = entries
+            .filter_map(|e| e.ok())
+            .filter_map(|e| e.file_name().into_string().ok())
+            .filter_map(|n| n.parse().ok())
+            .collect();
+        v.sort();
+        if !v.is_empty() {
+            return v;
+        }
+    }
     vec![0]
 }