Reduce & improve some of the excessive messages printed

Author: mhucka

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -44,16 +44,16 @@ include(CheckLanguage)
 check_language(CUDA)
 if(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER)
     enable_language(CUDA)
-    message(VERBOSE "Have ${CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER} ${CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_VERSION}")
 else()
     # If CUDA is not available, check for HIP as an alternative.
-    message(VERBOSE "Did not find CUDA compiler; cannot support CUDA.")
+    message(STATUS "CUDA not available; looking for a HIP compiler")
     find_program(_HIP_COMPILER hipcc)
     if(_HIP_COMPILER)
         enable_language(HIP)
-        message(VERBOSE "Found hipcc. Enabling HIP support.")
+        message(STATUS "CUDA not available; looking for a HIP compiler - found")
     else()
-        message(VERBOSE "Did not find hipcc; cannot support HIP.")
+        message(STATUS "CUDA not available; looking for a HIP compiler - not found")
+        message(STATUS "(Without CUDA or HIP, qsim cannot use GPUs for acceleration)")
     endif()
 endif()
 
@@ -127,8 +127,3 @@ if(APPLE)
       "/opt/homebrew/opt/llvm@19/lib"
     )
 endif()
-
-# ~~~~~ Print info for debugging ~~~~~
-
-message(DEBUG "Shell $PATH = $ENV{PATH}")
-message(DEBUG "Shell $CUQUANTUM_ROOT = $ENV{CUQUANTUM_ROOT}")

dev_tools/cmake/CheckCPU.cmake

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ include(CheckCXXSourceRuns)
 macro(check_cpu_support _FEATURE_STRING _FEATURE_FLAG)
     set(${_FEATURE_FLAG} FALSE)
 
-    message(STATUS "Testing platform support for ${_FEATURE_STRING} …")
+    message(STATUS "Testing platform support for ${_FEATURE_STRING}")
     if(WIN32)
         # On Windows, there's no built-in method to learn the CPU flags. Third-
         # party tools exist, but downloading & running them is a security risk.
@@ -66,8 +66,11 @@ macro(check_cpu_support _FEATURE_STRING _FEATURE_FLAG)
         endif()
     endif()
 
-    message(STATUS "Testing hardware for ${_FEATURE_STRING} … Done.")
-    message(STATUS "${_FEATURE_FLAG} = ${${_FEATURE_FLAG}}")
+    if(${_FEATURE_FLAG})
+        message(STATUS "Testing platform support for ${_FEATURE_STRING} - found")
+    else()
+        message(STATUS "Testing platform support for ${_FEATURE_STRING} - not found")
+    endif()
 endmacro()
 
 # Small Windows C++ program to test bits in certain Intel CPU registers.