Commit 32679001 authored by Ryan Bloom's avatar Ryan Bloom
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Fill out some docs for the MPMs. The content is there, but the formatting 

could probably use some work.


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docs/manual/mpm.html

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@@ -58,12 +58,30 @@ The main difference is that one and only one MPM must be loaded 
into the server at any time.  The list of available MPMs

appears on the <a href="mod/">module index page</a>.</p>



<!-- XXX: Needed here: a brief discussion or reference to instructions

on how to choose and load an MPM, how to figure out what MPM you are

currently using, and what MPMs are the defaults on various

platforms. -->

<h2 align="center">Choosing an MPM</h2>



<p>MPMs must be chosen during configuration, and compiled into the server.

Compilers are capable of optimizing a lot of functions if threads are used,

but only if they know that threads are being used.  Because some MPMs use

threads on Unix and others don't, Apache will always perform better if the

MPM is chosen at configuration time and built into Apache.</p>



<p>To actually choose the desired MPM, use the argument --with-mpm=

<EM>NAME</EM> with the ./configure script.  <EM>NAME</EM> is the name of 

the desired MPM.</p>



<p>Once the server has been compiled, it is possible to determine which

MPM was chosen by using <code>./httpd -l</code>.  This command will list

every module that is compiled into the server, including the MPM.</p>



<h2 align="center">MPM Defaults</h2>



<ul>

  <li> BeOS:  mpmt_beos</li>

  <li> OS/2:  spmt_os2</li>

  <li> Unix:  mpmt_pthread </li>

  <li> Windows:  winnt</li>

</ul>



<!--#include virtual="footer.html" -->

docs/manual/mpm.html.en

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@@ -58,12 +58,30 @@ The main difference is that one and only one MPM must be loaded 
into the server at any time.  The list of available MPMs

appears on the <a href="mod/">module index page</a>.</p>



<!-- XXX: Needed here: a brief discussion or reference to instructions

on how to choose and load an MPM, how to figure out what MPM you are

currently using, and what MPMs are the defaults on various

platforms. -->

<h2 align="center">Choosing an MPM</h2>



<p>MPMs must be chosen during configuration, and compiled into the server.

Compilers are capable of optimizing a lot of functions if threads are used,

but only if they know that threads are being used.  Because some MPMs use

threads on Unix and others don't, Apache will always perform better if the

MPM is chosen at configuration time and built into Apache.</p>



<p>To actually choose the desired MPM, use the argument --with-mpm=

<EM>NAME</EM> with the ./configure script.  <EM>NAME</EM> is the name of 

the desired MPM.</p>



<p>Once the server has been compiled, it is possible to determine which

MPM was chosen by using <code>./httpd -l</code>.  This command will list

every module that is compiled into the server, including the MPM.</p>



<h2 align="center">MPM Defaults</h2>



<ul>

  <li> BeOS:  mpmt_beos</li>

  <li> OS/2:  spmt_os2</li>

  <li> Unix:  mpmt_pthread </li>

  <li> Windows:  winnt</li>

</ul>



<!--#include virtual="footer.html" -->