From 4f228f559080757be4dd88f0c7151081b848f272 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joshua Slive <slive@apache.org>
Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 15:28:08 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Too much garbage in the summary.  Just put there what "Joe
 Average User" needs to know.

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@95468 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
---
 docs/manual/mod/prefork.xml | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/prefork.xml b/docs/manual/mod/prefork.xml
index 97f8a9a1ff..dad1f5814e 100644
--- a/docs/manual/mod/prefork.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/prefork.xml
@@ -10,11 +10,25 @@
 <identifier>mpm_prefork_module</identifier>
 
 <summary>
-    <p>This Multi-Processing Module (MPM) implements a
-    non-threaded, pre-forking web server which handles request in a
-    manner very similar to the default behavior of Apache 1.3 on
-    Unix.</p>
+    <p>This Multi-Processing Module (MPM) implements a non-threaded,
+    pre-forking web server that handles requests in a manner similar
+    to Apache 1.3.  It is appropriate for sites that need to avoid
+    threading for compatibility with non-thread-safe libraries.  It
+    is also the best MPM for isolating each request, so that a problem
+    with a single request will not affect any other.</p>
+
+    <p>This MPM is very self-regulating, so it is rarely necessary to
+    adjust its configuration directives.  Most important is that
+    <directive module="mpm_common">MaxClients</directive> be big enough to 
+    handle as many simultaneous requests as you expect to receive, but
+    small enough to assure that there is enough physical RAM for all
+    processes.</p>
 
+</summary>
+<seealso><a href="../bind.html">Setting which addresses and
+    ports Apache uses</a></seealso>
+
+<section><title>How it Works</title>
     <p>A single control process is responsible for launching child
     processes which listen for connections and serve them when they
     arrive. Apache always tries to maintain several <em>spare</em>
@@ -46,17 +60,12 @@
     module="mpm_common">Group</directive> directives are used to set
     the privileges of the Apache child processes. The child processes
     must be able to read all the content that will be served, but
-    should have as few privileges beyond that as possible. In
-    addition, unless <a href="../suexec.html">suexec</a> is used,
-    these directives also set the privileges which will be inherited
-    by CGI scripts.</p>
+    should have as few privileges beyond that as possible.</p>
 
     <p><directive module="mpm_common">MaxRequestsPerChild</directive>
     controls how frequently the server recycles processes by killing
     old ones and launching new ones.</p>
-</summary>
-<seealso><a href="../bind.html">Setting which addresses and
-    ports Apache uses</a></seealso>
+</section>
 
 <directivesynopsis location="mpm_common">
 <name>CoreDumpDirectory</name>
@@ -78,6 +87,10 @@
 <name>LockFile</name>
 </directivesynopsis>
 
+<directivesynopsis location="mpm_common">
+<name>MaxClients</name>
+</directivesynopsis>
+
 <directivesynopsis location="mpm_common">
 <name>MaxRequestsPerChild</name>
 </directivesynopsis>
@@ -110,6 +123,10 @@
 <name>User</name>
 </directivesynopsis>
 
+<directivesynopsis location="mpm_common">
+<name>Group</name>
+</directivesynopsis>
+
 <directivesynopsis>
 <name>AcceptMutex</name>
 <description>Method that Apache uses to serialize multiple children
-- 
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