http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/pro...iondirectories
" --with-mpm=MPM
Choose the process model for your server. You have to select exactly one
Multi-Processing Module. Otherwise the default MPM for your operating system
will be taken. Possible MPMs are beos, mpmt_os2,
prefork, and worker. "
... > > --with-mpm=prefork
.....
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/prefork.html
.....
http://packages.debian.org/lenny/apache2-mpm-prefork
" Apache HTTP Server - traditional non-threaded model
Each Apache Multi-Processing Module provides a different "flavor" of web server binary,
compiled with a different processing model.
The prefork MPM provides a non-threaded, pre-forking implementation that handles
requests in a manner similar to Apache 1.3. It is not as fast as threaded models,
but is considered to be more stable. It is appropriate for sites that need to maintain
compatibility with non-thread-safe libraries, and is the best MPM for isolating each
request, so that a problem with a single request will not affect any other. "
.....