From: Joel Rosdahl <joel@rosdahl.net>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:18:56 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Minor clarification about the direct mode
X-Git-Tag: v3.0~5
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=76b132d70c787300cac0a8f2b811c411db676347;p=thirdparty%2Fccache.git

Minor clarification about the direct mode
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diff --git a/manual.txt b/manual.txt
index 545b7dad9..57c028261 100644
--- a/manual.txt
+++ b/manual.txt
@@ -401,8 +401,13 @@ dependency file, etc) from the cache.
 
 ccache has two ways of doing the detection:
 
-* the *direct mode* (hashes the source code and include files directly)
-* the *preprocessor mode* (hashes output from the preprocessor)
+* the *direct mode*, where ccache hashes the source code and include files
+  directly
+* the *preprocessor mode*, where ccache runs the preprocessor on the source
+  code and hashes the result
+
+The direct mode is generally faster since running the preprocessor has some
+overhead.
 
 
 The direct mode