The Dell Senior Tech said that the C States are available with CPU chips that have the "EIST" (for Enhanced Intel Speedstep Technology) processor option. He'd like to know which CPU he has to re-confirm that the option isn't present for your CPU.
According to some google searching, the cpuinfo output should say "est" if that option is available.
I have a Core 2 Duo E8400 CPU.
The Dell Senior Tech said that the C States are available with CPU chips that have the "EIST" (for Enhanced Intel Speedstep Technology) processor option. He'd like to know which CPU he has to re-confirm that the option isn't present for your CPU.
According to some google searching, the cpuinfo output should say "est" if that option is available.