David.Comay at Sun.COM wrote:
>> Jyri - Are we allowed to do the following - add new commands to
>> apachectl like so that users can start the server either in prefork or
>> in worker MPM.
>> apachectl start  -> to start in prefork mode.
>> apachectl start-worker -> to start in worker mode  (this should be
>> considered as extension to existing apachectl interface)
>>
>> with respect to SMF, customers will need to use svcs prop to switch
>> between prefork and worker MPM.
>>     
>
> Unless the Apache distribution itself contains a configuration method
> for choosing between prefork or worker, how about using svcprop(1) in
> *all* cases for configuring this behavior with the default being
> prefork for compatibility reasons?
>
>
>   
Ok.

But, do you see any issue with still patching apachectl script to 
internally invoke SMF commands like svcadm enable / disable and moving 
the actual implementation of starting / stopping to 
/lib/svc/method/http-apache2 script

thanks
sriram

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