From: Timo Heister <timo.heister@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 14:59:58 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: update PETSc PreconditionLU documentation, take 2
X-Git-Tag: v9.0.0-rc1~767^2
X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.dealii.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0ee2d62e3d35e4ccd0a008a1b78fd5275926202e;p=dealii.git

update PETSc PreconditionLU documentation, take 2
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diff --git a/include/deal.II/lac/petsc_precondition.h b/include/deal.II/lac/petsc_precondition.h
index 092474c041..053c54ab75 100644
--- a/include/deal.II/lac/petsc_precondition.h
+++ b/include/deal.II/lac/petsc_precondition.h
@@ -562,11 +562,15 @@ namespace PETScWrappers
 
 
   /**
-   * A class that implements the interface to use the PETSc LU preconditioner (@p PCLU).
+   * A class that implements the interface to use the PETSc LU preconditioner
+   * (@p PCLU). Unlike classes like PreconditionILU, this class usually
+   * (depending on the settings) performs an exact factorization of the
+   * matrix, so it is not necessary to wrap it in an iterative solver. This
+   * class is typically used with SolverPreOnly to get a direct
+   * solver. Alternatively, you can use PreconditionerBase::vmult() directly.
    *
    * @note This is not a parallel preconditioner so it only works in serial
-   * with a single processor and only when using a
-   * PETScWrappers::SparseMatrix.
+   * computations with a single processor.
    *
    * @ingroup PETScWrappers
    * @author Oliver Kayser-Herold, 2004