AMD AM2 P-states?

Hello,
doesn someone here has an AMD AM2 X2-cpu (preferably 65W, but maybe it doesn't matter). Please mention which one you have: 3600, 3800, 4200, ... Could you tell me how many P-states, and which ones, your processor has? I'm looking for this info, but haven't found it yet.
More precisely, I would like to have the output of the following 2 commands:
(You probably have 2 processors. If possible, list them both please.)
1) cat /proc/acpi/processor/C000/performance
2) cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequencies
Thank you,
Michel Brabants

Hello,
thank you for the info. You only have th performance-entry if someone wrote acpi-support for you processor. I read that Intel doesn't reveal all information to create an acpi-driver I believe. They are reengineering it or did it. I don't know about AMD.
The number of frequencies is quite limited to my opinion, but maybe I'm wrong ...?
I'm actually interested to hear from more people about this. I ordered an AM2 X2 4600 65W yesterday, but it will take a while before I'll use it (couple of weeks), because I'm still tryin gto find someone who will sell me a Seasonic S12-430 (4xsata, ...) and who is located in the neighbourhood. I know a shop who will get them in a 1-2 weeks or maybe more, but I hope to find the supply sooner.
Greetings,
Michel

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    D7 14     1.100
    D7 16     1.047
    D7 18     1.049
    D7 19     1.037
    D7 20     0.949
    D7 21     0.937
    D7 22     0.925
    D7 23     0.912
    D7 24     0.899
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    2  1000         785000   1200000
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    http://forums.techpowerup.com/showpost.php?p=1858205&postcount=1

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