man pages: document prefork process model

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                </varlistentry>
 
                <varlistentry>
-               <term>-M model</term>
+               <term>-M|--model</term>
                <listitem><para>This parameter can be used to specify the
                &quot;process model&quot; samba should use. This determines
                how concurrent clients are handled. Available process
-               models include <emphasis>single</emphasis> (everything in
-               a single process), <emphasis>standard</emphasis> (similar
-               behaviour to that of Samba 3), <emphasis>thread</emphasis>
-               (single process, different threads.
+               models include:
+               <itemizedlist>
+                       <listitem><para><emphasis>single</emphasis></para>
+                       <para>All Samba services run in a single process. This is
+                       not recommended for production configurations.
+                       </para></listitem>
+
+                       <listitem><para><emphasis>standard</emphasis></para>
+                       <para>A process is created for each Samba service,
+                       and for those services that support it (currently only
+                       LDAP and NETLOGON) a new processes is started
+                       for each new client connection.</para></listitem>
+
+                       <listitem><para><emphasis>prefork</emphasis></para>
+                       <para>A process is started for each Samba service, and a
+                       fixed number of worker processes are started for those
+                       services that support it (currently LDAP, NETLOGON, and KDC).
+                       The client connections are then shared amongst the worker
+                       processes.
+                       Requests for services not supporting prefork are handled
+                       by a single process for that service.</para>
+                       <para>The number of prefork worker processes started is
+                       controlled by the
+                       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
+                       <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> parameter
+                       <smbconfoption name="prefork children"/>,
+                       which defaults to 4.
+                       </para></listitem>
+               </itemizedlist>
                </para></listitem>
                </varlistentry>