[meta-intel] Does it support i5 too ?

[Ran Shalit]

On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 7:37 AM, Wold, Saul <saul.wold at intel.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2017-02-24 at 06:24 +0200, Ran Shalit wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> In meta-intel readme in GIT, I see that it supports:
>>
>>  - Intel-core2-32 Intel® Common Core BSP (Intel-core2-32)
>>  - Intel-core2-32 Intel® Common Core BSP (Intel-quark)
>>  - Intel-corei7-64 Intel® Common Core BSP (Intel-corei7-64)
>>
>> I am trying to run the .iso on virtualbox on machine with Intel i5
>> core -64 bits:
>> model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6440HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz
>>
>> Is it possible to use the iso of meta-intel with i5 ?
>>
> The intel-corei7-64 would be appropriate for this, it a new Core CPU vs
> Atom CPU and the i7 vs i5 distinction would be related speed and cores.
> The CPU tunings are the same for both.
>
> Sau!

Thank you
Ran

>
>> Regards,
>> Ran