As far as I  poked around the source, these header files are not 
actively used by any modules. So, it is okay , in my opinion, to simply 
leave with the default MPM model.

thanks
sriram

Seema Alevoor wrote:
>> 1.  I was wondering, for simplicity sake, should we not compile the 
>> apache httpd in the same way for both MPM models. This would allow us 
>> to use same configure script and change only line '--with-mpm' 
>> depending on which model we build. This way, going forward, if we 
>> need to add another MPM support (say Solaris specific), we don't 
>> introduce any different compilation options.
>
> Sure, we can do that.
>
>> 2. In your prototype, did you explore the need to bundle apxs 
>> separately (one for prefork and worker)  ?  
>
> No, I didn't. Test suite uses this script and it worked fine with the 
> common one.
>
>> Say a customer wanting to compile his third party apache module - foo 
>> , does he need to know what is the MPM model currently configured ?  
>> I am hoping that this is transparent to the customer and can simply 
>> use apxs irrespective of the MPM mode. But, just wanted to ensure 
>> that we took this issue into account.
>>
> The var within config_vars.mk that varies for prefork and worker is 
> MPM_NAME (which will be set to "prefork" or "worker" mpm mode)
> and progname (will be set to "httpd"). apxs uses "progname" var to 
> check if the server has been build with mod_so
> module and also to use server's default .conf file (httpd.conf). Since 
> both these mpms are built with mod_so, check succeeds.
>
> As I had mentioned in my previous mail, I do see some differences in 
> the files. I have attached the list of files which differ and are new.
> Would this mean bundling 2 sets of these differing files,  one for 
> prefork and one for worker ?
>
>
> Thanks and Regards,
> Seema.
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