> >I have heard rumors it won't however would like to confirm it is not
> >a hang over from the Interbase days...
>
> Well, indeed, it is a hangover from the Interbase days...nothing has

been

> done to Firebird SS on Windows, up to and including 1.5, to advance the
> cause of SMP support. However, over the four years since IB 6, BIOS
> manufacturers are doing a better job, so I'm told.

I find it hard to believe that Windows' handling of SMP threading is
dependent upon the BIOS. To the best of my knowledge, once Windows is
running, it does count on BIOS code to handle multiple CPUs any more.