diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3bbdd77c21..aab74f3069 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ option(BUILD_MHA_LIB "Build the static library for flash attention" OFF)
 if(NOT CK_USE_ALTERNATIVE_PYTHON)
    find_package(Python3 3.8 COMPONENTS Interpreter REQUIRED)
 else()
-   message("Using alternative python version")
+   message(STATUS "Using alternative python version")
    set(EXTRA_PYTHON_PATH)
    # this is overly restrictive, we may need to be more flexible on the following
    string(REPLACE "/bin/python3.8" "" EXTRA_PYTHON_PATH "${CK_USE_ALTERNATIVE_PYTHON}")
-   message("alternative python path is: ${EXTRA_PYTHON_PATH}")
+   message(STATUS "alternative python path is: ${EXTRA_PYTHON_PATH}")
    find_package(Python3 3.6 COMPONENTS Interpreter REQUIRED)
    add_definitions(-DPython3_EXECUTABLE="${CK_USE_ALTERNATIVE_PYTHON}")
    set(Python3_EXECUTABLE "${CK_USE_ALTERNATIVE_PYTHON}")
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ if (DTYPES)
         add_definitions(-DCK_ENABLE_BF16)
         set(CK_ENABLE_BF16 "ON")
     endif()
-    message("DTYPES macro set to ${DTYPES}")
+    message(STATUS "DTYPES macro set to ${DTYPES}")
 else()
     add_definitions(-DCK_ENABLE_INT8 -DCK_ENABLE_FP16 -DCK_ENABLE_FP32 -DCK_ENABLE_FP64 -DCK_ENABLE_BF16 -DCK_ENABLE_FP8 -DCK_ENABLE_BF8)
     set(CK_ENABLE_INT8 "ON")
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ rocm_setup_version(VERSION ${version})
 
 list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX} ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/llvm ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/hip /opt/rocm /opt/rocm/llvm /opt/rocm/hip "$ENV{ROCM_PATH}" "$ENV{HIP_PATH}")
 
-message("GPU_TARGETS= ${GPU_TARGETS}")
-message("GPU_ARCHS= ${GPU_ARCHS}")
+message(STATUS "GPU_TARGETS= ${GPU_TARGETS}")
+message(STATUS "GPU_ARCHS= ${GPU_ARCHS}")
 if(GPU_ARCHS)
     #disable GPU_TARGETS to avoid conflicts, this needs to happen before we call hip package
     unset(GPU_TARGETS CACHE)
@@ -162,9 +162,9 @@ find_package(hip REQUIRED)
 # No assumption that HIP kernels are launched with uniform block size for backward compatibility
 # SWDEV-413293 and https://reviews.llvm.org/D155213
 math(EXPR hip_VERSION_FLAT "(${hip_VERSION_MAJOR} * 1000 + ${hip_VERSION_MINOR}) * 100000 + ${hip_VERSION_PATCH}")
-message("hip_version_flat=${hip_VERSION_FLAT}")
+message(STATUS "hip_version_flat=${hip_VERSION_FLAT}")
 
-message("checking which targets are supported")
+message(STATUS "checking which targets are supported")
 #In order to build just the CK library (without tests and examples) for all supported GPU targets
 #use -D GPU_ARCHS="gfx908;gfx90a;gfx942;gfx1030;gfx1100;gfx1101;gfx1102;gfx1200;gfx1201"
 #the GPU_TARGETS flag will be reset in this case in order to avoid conflicts.
@@ -203,25 +203,25 @@ endif()
 rocm_check_target_ids(SUPPORTED_GPU_TARGETS
         TARGETS ${CK_GPU_TARGETS})
 
-message("Building CK for the following targets: ${SUPPORTED_GPU_TARGETS}")
+message(STATUS "Building CK for the following targets: ${SUPPORTED_GPU_TARGETS}")
 
 if (SUPPORTED_GPU_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx9")
-    message("Enabling XDL instances")
+    message(STATUS "Enabling XDL instances")
     add_definitions(-DCK_USE_XDL)
     set(CK_USE_XDL "ON")
 endif()
 if (SUPPORTED_GPU_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx94" OR SUPPORTED_GPU_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx95")
-    message("Enabling XDL FP8 gemms on native architectures")
+    message(STATUS "Enabling XDL FP8 gemms on native architectures")
     add_definitions(-DCK_USE_GFX94)
     set(CK_USE_GFX94 "ON")
 endif()
 if (SUPPORTED_GPU_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx11" OR SUPPORTED_GPU_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx12")
-    message("Enabling WMMA instances")
+    message(STATUS "Enabling WMMA instances")
     add_definitions(-DCK_USE_WMMA)
     set(CK_USE_WMMA "ON")
 endif()
 if (SUPPORTED_GPU_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx12")
-    message("Enabling WMMA FP8 gemms on native architectures")
+    message(STATUS "Enabling WMMA FP8 gemms on native architectures")
     add_definitions(-DCK_USE_WMMA_FP8)
     set(CK_USE_WMMA_FP8 "ON")
 endif()
@@ -250,32 +250,32 @@ configure_file(include/ck/config.h.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/include/ck/con
 if(NOT WIN32 AND ${hip_VERSION_FLAT} GREATER 500723302)
   check_cxx_compiler_flag("-fno-offload-uniform-block" HAS_NO_OFFLOAD_UNIFORM_BLOCK)
   if(HAS_NO_OFFLOAD_UNIFORM_BLOCK)
-    message("Adding the fno-offload-uniform-block compiler flag")
+    message(STATUS "Adding the fno-offload-uniform-block compiler flag")
     add_compile_options(-fno-offload-uniform-block)
   endif()
 endif()
 if(NOT WIN32 AND ${hip_VERSION_FLAT} GREATER 500500000)
   check_cxx_compiler_flag("-mllvm --lsr-drop-solution=1" HAS_LSR_DROP_SOLUTION)
   if(HAS_LSR_DROP_SOLUTION)
-    message("Adding the lsr-drop-solution=1 compiler flag")
+    message(STATUS "Adding the lsr-drop-solution=1 compiler flag")
     add_compile_options("SHELL: -mllvm --lsr-drop-solution=1")
   endif()
 endif()
 if(NOT WIN32 AND ${hip_VERSION_FLAT} GREATER 600140090)
   check_cxx_compiler_flag("-mllvm -enable-post-misched=0" HAS_ENABLE_POST_MISCHED)
   if(HAS_ENABLE_POST_MISCHED)
-    message("Adding the enable-post-misched=0 compiler flag")
+    message(STATUS "Adding the enable-post-misched=0 compiler flag")
     add_compile_options("SHELL: -mllvm -enable-post-misched=0")
   endif()
 endif()
 set(check-coerce)
 check_cxx_compiler_flag(" -mllvm -amdgpu-coerce-illegal-types=1" check-coerce)
 if(NOT WIN32 AND check-coerce AND ${hip_VERSION_FLAT} GREATER 600241132)
-   message("Adding the amdgpu-coerce-illegal-types=1")
+   message(STATUS "Adding the amdgpu-coerce-illegal-types=1")
    add_compile_options("SHELL: -mllvm -amdgpu-coerce-illegal-types=1")
 endif()
 if(NOT WIN32 AND ${hip_VERSION_FLAT} GREATER 600241132)
-   message("Adding -amdgpu-early-inline-all=true and -amdgpu-function-calls=false")
+   message(STATUS "Adding -amdgpu-early-inline-all=true and -amdgpu-function-calls=false")
    add_compile_options("SHELL: -mllvm -amdgpu-early-inline-all=true")
    add_compile_options("SHELL: -mllvm -amdgpu-function-calls=false")
 endif()
@@ -312,13 +312,13 @@ option(USE_OPT_GFX11 "Whether to enable LDS cumode and Wavefront32 mode for GFX1
 if(USE_BITINT_EXTENSION_INT4)
     add_compile_definitions(CK_EXPERIMENTAL_BIT_INT_EXTENSION_INT4)
     add_compile_options(-Wno-bit-int-extension)
-    message("CK compiled with USE_BITINT_EXTENSION_INT4 set to ${USE_BITINT_EXTENSION_INT4}")
+    message(STATUS "CK compiled with USE_BITINT_EXTENSION_INT4 set to ${USE_BITINT_EXTENSION_INT4}")
 endif()
 
 if(USE_OPT_GFX11)
     add_compile_options(-mcumode)
     add_compile_options(-mno-wavefrontsize64)
-    message("CK compiled with USE_OPT_GFX11 set to ${USE_OPT_GFX11}")
+    message(STATUS "CK compiled with USE_OPT_GFX11 set to ${USE_OPT_GFX11}")
 endif()
 
 ## Threads
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ link_libraries(Threads::Threads)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
-message("CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER: ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}")
+message(STATUS "CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER: ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}")
 
 # https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/manual/using_macros.html
 # _GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ endif()
 set(CMAKE_HIP_PLATFORM amd)
 set(CMAKE_HIP_COMPILER ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER})
 set(CMAKE_HIP_EXTENSIONS ON)
-message("CMAKE_HIP_COMPILER: ${CMAKE_HIP_COMPILER}")
+message(STATUS "CMAKE_HIP_COMPILER: ${CMAKE_HIP_COMPILER}")
 
 ## OpenMP
 if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
@@ -361,10 +361,10 @@ else()
 	find_package(OpenMP REQUIRED)
 endif()
 
-message("OpenMP_CXX_LIB_NAMES: ${OpenMP_CXX_LIB_NAMES}")
-message("OpenMP_gomp_LIBRARY: ${OpenMP_gomp_LIBRARY}")
-message("OpenMP_pthread_LIBRARY: ${OpenMP_pthread_LIBRARY}")
-message("OpenMP_CXX_FLAGS: ${OpenMP_CXX_FLAGS}")
+message(STATUS "OpenMP_CXX_LIB_NAMES: ${OpenMP_CXX_LIB_NAMES}")
+message(STATUS "OpenMP_gomp_LIBRARY: ${OpenMP_gomp_LIBRARY}")
+message(STATUS "OpenMP_pthread_LIBRARY: ${OpenMP_pthread_LIBRARY}")
+message(STATUS "OpenMP_CXX_FLAGS: ${OpenMP_CXX_FLAGS}")
 
 link_libraries(${OpenMP_gomp_LIBRARY})
 link_libraries(${OpenMP_pthread_LIBRARY})
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ if(BUILD_DEV)
     add_compile_options(-Werror)
     add_compile_options(-Weverything)
 endif()
-message("CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS: ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
+message(STATUS "CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS: ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
 
 if("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "Clang")
     add_compile_options(-fcolor-diagnostics)
diff --git a/client_example/CMakeLists.txt b/client_example/CMakeLists.txt
index 9e2012bf8a..8fdd60f5d5 100644
--- a/client_example/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/client_example/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ if (DTYPES)
         add_definitions(-DCK_ENABLE_BF16)
         set(CK_ENABLE_BF16 "ON")
     endif()
-    message("DTYPES macro set to ${DTYPES}")
+    message(DEBUG "DTYPES macro set to ${DTYPES}")
 else()
     add_definitions(-DCK_ENABLE_INT8 -DCK_ENABLE_FP16 -DCK_ENABLE_FP32 -DCK_ENABLE_FP64 -DCK_ENABLE_BF16)
     set(CK_ENABLE_INT8 "ON")
diff --git a/codegen/CMakeLists.txt b/codegen/CMakeLists.txt
index 8ddc663452..35b5cf0367 100644
--- a/codegen/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/codegen/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@ list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CK_ROOT}/cmake)
 include(Embed)
 file(GLOB_RECURSE KERNEL_FILES CONFIGURE_DEPENDS
     ${CK_ROOT}/include/ck/*.hpp)
-# printouts fot debug purposes
-# message(STATUS "KERNEL_FILES: ${KERNEL_FILES}")
-# message(STATUS "RELATIVE: ${CK_ROOT}/include")
+
 add_embed_library(ck_headers ${KERNEL_FILES} RELATIVE ${CK_ROOT}/include)
 
 add_compile_options(-std=c++17)
diff --git a/codegen/test/rtc/CMakeLists.txt b/codegen/test/rtc/CMakeLists.txt
index 2e7ceb5648..b8a60cd633 100644
--- a/codegen/test/rtc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/codegen/test/rtc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ target_link_libraries(ck_rtc PUBLIC -lstdc++fs)
 option(USE_HIPRTC_FOR_CODEGEN_TESTS "Whether to enable hipRTC for codegen tests." ON)
 if(USE_HIPRTC_FOR_CODEGEN_TESTS)
     target_compile_definitions(ck_rtc PUBLIC HIPRTC_FOR_CODEGEN_TESTS)
-    message("CK compiled with USE_HIPRTC_FOR_CODEGEN_TESTS set to ${USE_HIPRTC_FOR_CODEGEN_TESTS}")
+    message(STATUS "CK compiled with USE_HIPRTC_FOR_CODEGEN_TESTS set to ${USE_HIPRTC_FOR_CODEGEN_TESTS}")
 endif()
diff --git a/example/CMakeLists.txt b/example/CMakeLists.txt
index 54d9f13453..1cfe2789c2 100644
--- a/example/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/example/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ function(add_example_dependencies EXAMPLE_NAME FILE_NAME)
 endfunction(add_example_dependencies EXAMPLE_NAME)
 
 function(add_example_executable EXAMPLE_NAME FILE_NAME)
-    message("adding example ${EXAMPLE_NAME}")
+    message(DEBUG "adding example ${EXAMPLE_NAME}")
     set(result 1)
     if(DEFINED DTYPES)
         foreach(source IN LISTS FILE_NAME)
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ function(add_example_executable EXAMPLE_NAME FILE_NAME)
                 set(test 1)
             endif()
             if(test EQUAL 1)
-                message("removing example source file ${source} ")
+                message(DEBUG "removing example source file ${source} ")
                 list(REMOVE_ITEM FILE_NAME "${source}")
             endif()
         endforeach()
@@ -58,56 +58,56 @@ function(add_example_executable EXAMPLE_NAME FILE_NAME)
     #Do not build any DL examples if DL_KERNELS not set
     foreach(source IN LISTS FILE_NAME)
         if(NOT DEFINED DL_KERNELS AND source MATCHES "_dl")
-            message("removing dl example ${source} ")
+            message(DEBUG "removing dl example ${source} ")
             list(REMOVE_ITEM FILE_NAME "${source}")
         endif()
     endforeach()
     #Do not build any DPP examples if DPP_KERNELS not set
     foreach(source IN LISTS FILE_NAME)
         if(NOT DEFINED DPP_KERNELS AND source MATCHES "_dpp")
-            message("removing dpp example ${source} ")
+            message(DEBUG "removing dpp example ${source} ")
             list(REMOVE_ITEM FILE_NAME "${source}")
         endif()
     endforeach()
     #Do not build any XDL examples if gfx9 targets are not on the list
     foreach(source IN LISTS FILE_NAME)
         if(NOT EX_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx9" AND source MATCHES "_xdl")
-            message("removing xdl example ${source} ")
+            message(DEBUG "removing xdl example ${source} ")
             list(REMOVE_ITEM FILE_NAME "${source}")
         endif()
     endforeach()
     #Do not build any WMMA examples if gfx11 targets are not on the list
     foreach(source IN LISTS FILE_NAME)
 	if(NOT EX_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx11" AND NOT EX_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx12" AND source MATCHES "_wmma")
-            message("removing wmma example ${source} ")
+            message(DEBUG "removing wmma example ${source} ")
             list(REMOVE_ITEM FILE_NAME "${source}")
         endif()
     endforeach()
     #Do not build any microscaling examples if gfx950 target is not on the list
     foreach(source IN LISTS FILE_NAME)
 	if(NOT EX_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx950" AND source MATCHES "_mx")
-            message("removing microscaling example ${source} ")
+            message(DEBUG "removing microscaling example ${source} ")
             list(REMOVE_ITEM FILE_NAME "${source}")
         endif()
     endforeach()
     #Do not build any FP8 examples if CK_ENABLE_FP8 not set
     foreach(source IN LISTS FILE_NAME)
         if(NOT DEFINED CK_ENABLE_FP8 AND source MATCHES "_fp8")
-            message("removing fp8 example ${source} ")
+            message(DEBUG "removing fp8 example ${source} ")
             list(REMOVE_ITEM FILE_NAME "${source}")
         endif()
     endforeach()
     #Do not build any BF8 examples if CK_ENABLE_BF8 not set
     foreach(source IN LISTS FILE_NAME)
         if(NOT DEFINED CK_ENABLE_BF8 AND source MATCHES "_bf8")
-            message("removing bf8 example ${source} ")
+            message(DEBUG "removing bf8 example ${source} ")
             list(REMOVE_ITEM FILE_NAME "${source}")
         endif()
     endforeach()
     # Do not build gemm_universal_f8 or gemm_multiply_multiply_f8 for any targets except gfx94
     foreach(source IN LISTS FILE_NAME)
     if(NOT EX_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx94" AND NOT EX_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx95" AND source MATCHES "gemm_multiply_multiply_xdl_fp8_bpreshuffle")
-         message("Skipping ${source} example for current target")
+         message(DEBUG "Skipping ${source} example for current target")
          list(REMOVE_ITEM FILE_NAME "${source}")
     endif()
     endforeach()
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ function(add_example_executable EXAMPLE_NAME FILE_NAME)
         elseif(FILE_NAME MATCHES "_mx") #only build mx example for gfx950
             list(REMOVE_ITEM EX_TARGETS gfx900 gfx906 gfx906:xnack- gfx908:xnack+ gfx908:xnack- gfx90a:xnack+ gfx90a:xnack- gfx908 gfx90a gfx942 gfx1030 gfx1100 gfx1101 gfx1102 gfx1103 gfx1150 gfx1151 gfx1152 gfx1200 gfx1201 gfx10-3-generic gfx11-generic gfx12-generic)
         elseif(FILE_NAME MATCHES "_pk_i4") #only build these examples for gfx942 and gfx950
-            message("trimming targets for ${FILE_NAME}")
+            message(DEBUG "trimming targets for ${FILE_NAME}")
             list(REMOVE_ITEM EX_TARGETS gfx900 gfx906 gfx906:xnack- gfx908:xnack+ gfx908:xnack- gfx90a:xnack+ gfx90a:xnack- gfx908 gfx90a gfx1030 gfx1100 gfx1101 gfx1102 gfx1103 gfx1150 gfx1151 gfx1152 gfx1200 gfx1201 gfx10-3-generic gfx11-generic gfx12-generic)
         endif()
         set_source_files_properties(${FILE_NAME} PROPERTIES LANGUAGE HIP)
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ function(add_example_executable EXAMPLE_NAME FILE_NAME)
         rocm_install(TARGETS ${EXAMPLE_NAME} COMPONENT examples)
         set(result 0)
     endif()
-    #message("add_example returns ${result}")
+    message(DEBUG "add_example returns ${result}")
     if(result EQUAL 0 AND NOT "${EXAMPLE_NAME}" IN_LIST REGRESSION_EXAMPLES)
         set_tests_properties(${EXAMPLE_NAME} PROPERTIES LABELS "SMOKE_TEST")
         add_dependencies(smoke ${EXAMPLE_NAME})
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ function(add_example_dependencies EXAMPLE_NAME FILE_NAME)
 endfunction(add_example_dependencies EXAMPLE_NAME)
 
 function(add_example_executable_no_testing EXAMPLE_NAME FILE_NAME)
-    message("adding example ${EXAMPLE_NAME}")
+    message(DEBUG "adding example ${EXAMPLE_NAME}")
     set(result 1)
     if(DEFINED DTYPES)
     foreach(source IN LISTS FILE_NAME)
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ function(add_example_executable_no_testing EXAMPLE_NAME FILE_NAME)
             set(test 1)
         endif()
         if(test EQUAL 1)
-            message("removing example ${source} ")
+            message(DEBUG "removing example ${source} ")
             list(REMOVE_ITEM FILE_NAME "${source}")
         endif()
     endforeach()
@@ -189,21 +189,21 @@ function(add_example_executable_no_testing EXAMPLE_NAME FILE_NAME)
     #Do not build any DL examples if DL_KERNELS not set
     foreach(source IN LISTS FILE_NAME)
         if(NOT DEFINED DL_KERNELS AND source MATCHES "_dl")
-            message("removing dl example ${source} ")
+            message(DEBUG "removing dl example ${source} ")
             list(REMOVE_ITEM FILE_NAME "${source}")
         endif()
     endforeach()
     #Do not build any XDL examples if gfx9 targets are not on the list
     foreach(source IN LISTS FILE_NAME)
         if(NOT EX_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx9" AND source MATCHES "_xdl")
-            message("removing xdl example ${source} ")
+            message(DEBUG "removing xdl example ${source} ")
             list(REMOVE_ITEM FILE_NAME "${source}")
         endif()
     endforeach()
     #Do not build any WMMA examples if gfx11 targets are not on the list
     foreach(source IN LISTS FILE_NAME)
 	if(NOT EX_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx11" AND NOT EX_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx12" AND source MATCHES "_wmma")
-            message("removing wmma example ${source} ")
+            message(DEBUG "removing wmma example ${source} ")
             list(REMOVE_ITEM FILE_NAME "${source}")
         endif()
     endforeach()
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ function(add_example_executable_no_testing EXAMPLE_NAME FILE_NAME)
         set(result 0)
     endif()
 
-    #message("add_example returns ${result}")
+    message(DEBUG "add_example returns ${result}")
     set(result ${result} PARENT_SCOPE)
 
 endfunction(add_example_executable_no_testing EXAMPLE_NAME)
diff --git a/example/ck_tile/01_fmha/CMakeLists.txt b/example/ck_tile/01_fmha/CMakeLists.txt
index 9ba3a453fc..4fc8b0b4c9 100644
--- a/example/ck_tile/01_fmha/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/example/ck_tile/01_fmha/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ execute_process(
   RESULT_VARIABLE ret
 )
 if(ret AND NOT ret EQUAL 0)
-  message( FATAL_ERROR "CK Tile FMHA FAILED to genrate a list of FWD kernels via Python.")
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "CK Tile FMHA FAILED to genrate a list of FWD kernels via Python.")
 endif()
 
 execute_process(
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ execute_process(
   RESULT_VARIABLE ret
 )
 if(ret AND NOT ret EQUAL 0)
-  message( FATAL_ERROR "CK Tile FMHA FAILED to genrate a list of BWD kernels via Python.")
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "CK Tile FMHA FAILED to genrate a list of BWD kernels via Python.")
 endif()
 
 # NOTE: for cmake, the FMHA_FWD_GEN_BLOBS/FMHA_BWD_GEN_BLOBS files must be in the same directory
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ add_custom_command(
 set(EXAMPLE_FMHA_FWD "tile_example_fmha_fwd")
 # not using add_example_executable() to add this target, since we don't want this to have
 # to be included in "make all/install/check"
-message("adding example ${EXAMPLE_FMHA_FWD}")
+message(DEBUG "adding example ${EXAMPLE_FMHA_FWD}")
 add_executable(${EXAMPLE_FMHA_FWD} EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL fmha_fwd.cpp)
 target_include_directories(${EXAMPLE_FMHA_FWD} PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR})
 target_sources(${EXAMPLE_FMHA_FWD} PRIVATE ${FMHA_FWD_GEN_BLOBS})
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ target_sources(${EXAMPLE_FMHA_FWD} PRIVATE ${FMHA_FWD_GEN_BLOBS})
 set(EXAMPLE_FMHA_BWD "tile_example_fmha_bwd")
 # not using add_example_executable() to add this target, since we don't want this to have
 # to be included in "make all/install/check"
-message("adding example ${EXAMPLE_FMHA_BWD}")
+message(DEBUG "adding example ${EXAMPLE_FMHA_BWD}")
 add_executable(${EXAMPLE_FMHA_BWD} EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL fmha_bwd.cpp)
 target_include_directories(${EXAMPLE_FMHA_BWD} PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR})
 target_sources(${EXAMPLE_FMHA_BWD} PRIVATE ${FMHA_BWD_GEN_BLOBS})
diff --git a/example/ck_tile/02_layernorm2d/CMakeLists.txt b/example/ck_tile/02_layernorm2d/CMakeLists.txt
index fa69ac0f7a..07714f0fe2 100644
--- a/example/ck_tile/02_layernorm2d/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/example/ck_tile/02_layernorm2d/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ add_custom_command(
 
 set(EXAMPLE_LAYERNORM2D_FWD "tile_example_layernorm2d_fwd")
 
-message("adding example ${EXAMPLE_LAYERNORM2D_FWD}")
+message(DEBUG "adding example ${EXAMPLE_LAYERNORM2D_FWD}")
 add_executable(${EXAMPLE_LAYERNORM2D_FWD} EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL layernorm2d_fwd.cpp)
 target_include_directories(${EXAMPLE_LAYERNORM2D_FWD} PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR})
 target_sources(${EXAMPLE_LAYERNORM2D_FWD} PRIVATE ${LAYERNORM2D_FWD_GEN_BLOBS})
diff --git a/example/ck_tile/05_reduce/CMakeLists.txt b/example/ck_tile/05_reduce/CMakeLists.txt
index 6caa38d50d..2f48bb85a5 100644
--- a/example/ck_tile/05_reduce/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/example/ck_tile/05_reduce/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 set(EXAMPLE_REDUCE "tile_example_reduce")
 # not using add_example_executable() to add this target, since we don't want this to have
 # to be included in "make all/install/check"
-message("adding example ${EXAMPLE_REDUCE}")
+message(DEBUG "adding example ${EXAMPLE_REDUCE}")
 
 add_executable(${EXAMPLE_REDUCE} EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL reduce.cpp)
 target_include_directories(${EXAMPLE_REDUCE} PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR})
diff --git a/example/ck_tile/10_rmsnorm2d/CMakeLists.txt b/example/ck_tile/10_rmsnorm2d/CMakeLists.txt
index 5684c9b2e0..878f668f91 100644
--- a/example/ck_tile/10_rmsnorm2d/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/example/ck_tile/10_rmsnorm2d/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ add_custom_command(
 
 set(TILE_RMSNORM2D_FWD "tile_rmsnorm2d_fwd")
 
-message("adding ${TILE_RMSNORM2D_FWD}")
+message(DEBUG "adding ${TILE_RMSNORM2D_FWD}")
 add_executable(${TILE_RMSNORM2D_FWD} EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL rmsnorm2d_fwd.cpp)
 target_include_directories(${TILE_RMSNORM2D_FWD} PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR})
 target_sources(${TILE_RMSNORM2D_FWD} PRIVATE ${RMSNORM2D_FWD_GEN_BLOBS})
diff --git a/example/ck_tile/11_add_rmsnorm2d_rdquant/CMakeLists.txt b/example/ck_tile/11_add_rmsnorm2d_rdquant/CMakeLists.txt
index 6b0c3cef7a..7d56dd1fe3 100644
--- a/example/ck_tile/11_add_rmsnorm2d_rdquant/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/example/ck_tile/11_add_rmsnorm2d_rdquant/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 set(TILE_ADD_RMSNORM2D_RDQUANT_FWD "tile_add_rmsnorm2d_rdquant_fwd")
 # not using add_example_executable() to add this target, since we don't want this to have
 # to be included in "make all/install/check"
-message("adding ${TILE_ADD_RMSNORM2D_RDQUANT_FWD}")
+message(DEBUG "adding ${TILE_ADD_RMSNORM2D_RDQUANT_FWD}")
 file(GLOB INSTANCE_SRCS instances/*.cpp)
 add_executable(${TILE_ADD_RMSNORM2D_RDQUANT_FWD} EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL add_rmsnorm2d_rdquant_fwd.cpp)
 target_include_directories(${TILE_ADD_RMSNORM2D_RDQUANT_FWD} PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR})
diff --git a/example/ck_tile/12_smoothquant/CMakeLists.txt b/example/ck_tile/12_smoothquant/CMakeLists.txt
index 3849833aca..52f10b8d51 100644
--- a/example/ck_tile/12_smoothquant/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/example/ck_tile/12_smoothquant/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 function (add_smoothquant_example TARGET_NAME MAIN_SRC)
-    message("adding ${TARGET_NAME}")
+    message(DEBUG "adding ${TARGET_NAME}")
     # not using add_example_executable() to add target, since we don't want this to have
     # to be included in "make all/install/check"
     add_executable(${TARGET_NAME} EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL ${MAIN_SRC})
diff --git a/example/ck_tile/14_moe_smoothquant/CMakeLists.txt b/example/ck_tile/14_moe_smoothquant/CMakeLists.txt
index 12224a39a2..6b848bda2a 100644
--- a/example/ck_tile/14_moe_smoothquant/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/example/ck_tile/14_moe_smoothquant/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 function (add_moe_smoothquant_example TARGET_NAME MAIN_SRC)
-    message("adding ${TARGET_NAME}")
+    message(DEBUG "adding ${TARGET_NAME}")
     # not using add_example_executable() to add target, since we don't want this to have
     # to be included in "make all/install/check"
     add_executable(${TARGET_NAME} EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL ${MAIN_SRC})
diff --git a/example/ck_tile/15_fused_moe/CMakeLists.txt b/example/ck_tile/15_fused_moe/CMakeLists.txt
index a716eef19e..78ec754528 100644
--- a/example/ck_tile/15_fused_moe/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/example/ck_tile/15_fused_moe/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 set(TILE_EXAPMLE_FUSED_MOE "tile_example_fused_moe")
 # not using add_example_executable() to add this target, since we don't want this to have
 # to be included in "make all/install/check"
-message("adding ${TILE_EXAPMLE_FUSED_MOE}")
+message(DEBUG "adding ${TILE_EXAPMLE_FUSED_MOE}")
 file(GLOB INSTANCE_SRCS instances/*.cpp)
 add_executable(${TILE_EXAPMLE_FUSED_MOE} EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL main.cpp)
 target_include_directories(${TILE_EXAPMLE_FUSED_MOE} PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR})
diff --git a/library/src/tensor_operation_instance/gpu/CMakeLists.txt b/library/src/tensor_operation_instance/gpu/CMakeLists.txt
index ec3287bf95..dbd503c0bd 100644
--- a/library/src/tensor_operation_instance/gpu/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/library/src/tensor_operation_instance/gpu/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 function(add_instance_library INSTANCE_NAME)
-    message("adding instance ${INSTANCE_NAME}")
+    message(DEBUG "adding instance ${INSTANCE_NAME}")
     set(result 1)
     if(DEFINED DTYPES)
         foreach(source IN LISTS ARGN)
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ function(add_instance_library INSTANCE_NAME)
                 endif()
             endforeach()
             if(test EQUAL 1)
-                message("removing instance ${source} ")
+                message(DEBUG "removing instance ${source} ")
                 list(REMOVE_ITEM ARGN "${source}")
             endif()
         endforeach()
@@ -42,42 +42,42 @@ function(add_instance_library INSTANCE_NAME)
     # Do not build DPP instances if DPP_KERNELS macro is not set
     foreach(source IN LISTS ARGN)
         if(NOT DEFINED DPP_KERNELS AND source MATCHES "_dpp")
-            message("removing dpp instance ${source} ")
+            message(DEBUG "removing dpp instance ${source} ")
             list(REMOVE_ITEM ARGN "${source}")
         endif()
     endforeach()
     # Do not build DL instances if DL_KERNELS macro is not set
     foreach(source IN LISTS ARGN)
         if(NOT DEFINED DL_KERNELS AND source MATCHES "_dl")
-            message("removing dl instance ${source} ")
+            message(DEBUG "removing dl instance ${source} ")
             list(REMOVE_ITEM ARGN "${source}")
         endif()
     endforeach()
     # Do not build XDL instances if gfx9 targets are not on the target list
     foreach(source IN LISTS ARGN)
         if(NOT INST_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx9" AND source MATCHES "_xdl")
-            message("removing xdl instance ${source} ")
+            message(DEBUG "removing xdl instance ${source} ")
             list(REMOVE_ITEM ARGN "${source}")
         endif()
     endforeach()
     # Do not build MX instances if gfx950 targets are not on the target list
     foreach(source IN LISTS ARGN)
         if(NOT INST_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx950" AND source MATCHES "_mx")
-            message("removing MX instance ${source} ")
+            message(DEBUG "removing MX instance ${source} ")
             list(REMOVE_ITEM ARGN "${source}")
         endif()
     endforeach()
     # Do not build WMMA instances if gfx11 targets are not on the target list
     foreach(source IN LISTS ARGN)
 	if(NOT INST_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx11" AND NOT INST_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx12" AND source MATCHES "_wmma")
-            message("removing wmma instance ${source} ")
+            message(DEBUG "removing wmma instance ${source} ")
             list(REMOVE_ITEM ARGN "${source}")
         endif()
     endforeach()
     # Do not build mha instances if gfx94 or gfx90a targets are not on the target list
     foreach(source IN LISTS ARGN)
 	    if((NOT BUILD_MHA_LIB OR (NOT INST_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx94" AND NOT INST_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx90a" AND NOT INST_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx95")) AND source MATCHES "mha")
-         message("removing mha instance ${source} ")
+         message(DEBUG "removing mha instance ${source} ")
          list(REMOVE_ITEM ARGN "${source}")
     endif()
     endforeach()
@@ -85,13 +85,13 @@ function(add_instance_library INSTANCE_NAME)
     if(NOT CK_USE_FP8_ON_UNSUPPORTED_ARCH)
         foreach(source IN LISTS ARGN)
             if(NOT INST_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx94" AND NOT INST_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx95" AND source MATCHES "gemm_multiply_multiply" AND source MATCHES "_f8_")
-                message("removing gemm_multiply_multiply_f8 instance ${source} ")
+                message(DEBUG "removing gemm_multiply_multiply_f8 instance ${source} ")
                 list(REMOVE_ITEM ARGN "${source}")
             endif()
         endforeach()
         foreach(source IN LISTS ARGN)
             if(NOT INST_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx94" AND NOT INST_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx95" AND source MATCHES "gemm_xdl_universal" AND source MATCHES "_f8_")
-                message("removing gemm_universal_f8 instance ${source} ")
+                message(DEBUG "removing gemm_universal_f8 instance ${source} ")
                 list(REMOVE_ITEM ARGN "${source}")
             endif()
         endforeach()
@@ -99,12 +99,12 @@ function(add_instance_library INSTANCE_NAME)
     # Do not build WMMA gemm_universal_f8 for any targets except gfx12+
     foreach(source IN LISTS ARGN)
         if(NOT INST_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx12" AND source MATCHES "gemm_wmma_universal" AND source MATCHES "_f8_")
-            message("removing gemm_universal_f8 instance ${source} ")
+            message(DEBUG "removing gemm_universal_f8 instance ${source} ")
             list(REMOVE_ITEM ARGN "${source}")
         endif()
     endforeach()
 
-    #message("remaining instances: ${ARGN}")
+    message(DEBUG "remaining instances: ${ARGN}")
     #only continue if there are some source files left on the list
     if(ARGN)
         set(INST_OBJ)
@@ -170,16 +170,16 @@ function(add_instance_library INSTANCE_NAME)
 
         # flags to compress the library
         if(NOT DISABLE_OFFLOAD_COMPRESS AND NOT WIN32 AND ${hip_VERSION_FLAT} GREATER 600241132)
-            #message("Adding --offload-compress flag for ${INSTANCE_NAME}")
+            message(DEBUG "Adding --offload-compress flag for ${INSTANCE_NAME}")
             target_compile_options(${INSTANCE_NAME} PRIVATE --offload-compress)
         endif()
 
         set_target_properties(${INSTANCE_NAME} PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
         clang_tidy_check(${INSTANCE_NAME})
         set(result 0)
-        message("add_instance_library ${INSTANCE_NAME}")
+        message(DEBUG "add_instance_library ${INSTANCE_NAME}")
     else()
-        message("skip_instance_libary ${INSTANCE_NAME}")
+        message(DEBUG "skip_instance_libary ${INSTANCE_NAME}")
     endif()
     set(result ${result} PARENT_SCOPE)
 endfunction(add_instance_library INSTANCE_NAME)
@@ -199,31 +199,31 @@ FOREACH(subdir_path ${dir_list})
         file(READ "${subdir_path}/CMakeLists.txt" cmake_instance)
         set(add_inst 0)
         if(("${cmake_instance}" MATCHES "_fp8" OR "${cmake_instance}" MATCHES "_f8") AND DTYPES MATCHES "fp8")
-            message("fp8 instance found!")
+            message(DEBUG "fp8 instance found!")
             set(add_inst 1)
         endif()
         if(("${cmake_instance}" MATCHES "_bf8" OR "${cmake_instance}" MATCHES "_b8") AND DTYPES MATCHES "bf8")
-            message("bf8 instance found!")
+            message(DEBUG "bf8 instance found!")
             set(add_inst 1)
         endif()
         if(("${cmake_instance}" MATCHES "_bf16" OR "${cmake_instance}" MATCHES "_b16") AND DTYPES MATCHES "bf16")
-            message("bf16 instance found!")
+            message(DEBUG "bf16 instance found!")
             set(add_inst 1)
         endif()
         if(("${cmake_instance}" MATCHES "_fp16" OR "${cmake_instance}" MATCHES "_f16") AND DTYPES MATCHES "fp16")
-            message("fp16 instance found!")
+            message(DEBUG "fp16 instance found!")
             set(add_inst 1)
         endif()
         if(("${cmake_instance}" MATCHES "_fp32" OR "${cmake_instance}" MATCHES "_f32") AND DTYPES MATCHES "fp32")
-            message("fp32 instance found!")
+            message(DEBUG "fp32 instance found!")
             set(add_inst 1)
         endif()
         if(("${cmake_instance}" MATCHES "_fp64" OR "${cmake_instance}" MATCHES "_f64") AND DTYPES MATCHES "fp64")
-            message("fp64 instance found!")
+            message(DEBUG "fp64 instance found!")
             set(add_inst 1)
         endif()
         if(("${cmake_instance}" MATCHES "_int8" OR "${cmake_instance}" MATCHES "_i8") AND DTYPES MATCHES "int8")
-            message("int8 instance found!")
+            message(DEBUG "int8 instance found!")
             set(add_inst 1)
         endif()
         if(NOT ("${cmake_instance}" MATCHES "_fp8" OR
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ FOREACH(subdir_path ${dir_list})
                 "${cmake_instance}" MATCHES "_int8" OR
                 "${cmake_instance}" MATCHES "_i8" OR
                 "${cmake_instance}" MATCHES "_int4"))
-            message("instance should be built for all types!")
+            message(DEBUG "instance should be built for all types!")
             set(add_inst 1)
         endif()
         if(NOT DEFINED DTYPES)
@@ -248,39 +248,39 @@ FOREACH(subdir_path ${dir_list})
         set(INST_TARGETS ${SUPPORTED_GPU_TARGETS})
 
         if(("${cmake_instance}" MATCHES "quantization") AND (DEFINED DTYPES) AND (NOT DTYPES MATCHES "int8"))
-            message("quantization instances will not be built!")
+            message(DEBUG "quantization instances will not be built!")
             set(add_inst 0)
         endif()
         if(("${cmake_instance}" MATCHES "ONLY DL_KERNELS") AND (NOT DEFINED DL_KERNELS))
-            message("Found only dl instances, but DL_KERNELS is not set. Skipping.")
+            message(DEBUG "Found only dl instances, but DL_KERNELS is not set. Skipping.")
             set(add_inst 0)
         endif()
         if(("${cmake_instance}" MATCHES "ONLY XDL_KERNELS") AND (NOT INST_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx9"))
-            message("Found only xdl instances, but gfx9 is not on the targets list. Skipping.")
+            message(DEBUG "Found only xdl instances, but gfx9 is not on the targets list. Skipping.")
             set(add_inst 0)
         endif()
         if(("${cmake_instance}" MATCHES "ONLY MX_KERNELS") AND (NOT INST_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx950"))
-            message("Found only MX instances, but gfx950 is not on the targets list. Skipping.")
+            message(DEBUG "Found only MX instances, but gfx950 is not on the targets list. Skipping.")
             set(add_inst 0)
         endif()
 	    if(("${cmake_instance}" MATCHES "ONLY WMMA_KERNELS") AND (NOT INST_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx11") AND (NOT INST_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx12"))
-            message("Found only wmma instances, but gfx11 is not on the targets list. Skipping.")
+            message(DEBUG "Found only wmma instances, but gfx11 is not on the targets list. Skipping.")
             set(add_inst 0)
         endif()
         if(("${cmake_instance}" MATCHES "ONLY XDL_AND_DL_KERNELS") AND (NOT DEFINED DL_KERNELS) AND (NOT INST_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx9"))
-            message("Found only xdl and dl instances, but gfx9 is not on the targets listand DL_KERNELS is not set. Skipping.")
+            message(DEBUG "Found only xdl and dl instances, but gfx9 is not on the targets listand DL_KERNELS is not set. Skipping.")
             set(add_inst 0)
         endif()
 	    if(("${cmake_instance}" MATCHES "ONLY XDL_AND_WMMA_KERNELS") AND (NOT INST_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx11") AND (NOT INST_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx12") AND (NOT INST_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx9"))
-            message("Found only xdl and wmma instances, but gfx11 and gfx9 are not on the targets list. Skipping.")
+            message(DEBUG "Found only xdl and wmma instances, but gfx11 and gfx9 are not on the targets list. Skipping.")
             set(add_inst 0)
         endif()
 	    if(("${cmake_instance}" MATCHES "XDL_DL_WMMA_KERNELS") AND (NOT INST_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx11") AND (NOT INST_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx12") AND (NOT INST_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx9") AND (NOT DEFINED DL_KERNELS))
-            message("Found xdl, dl, and wmma instances, but none of those meet the target list. Skipping.")
+            message(DEBUG "Found xdl, dl, and wmma instances, but none of those meet the target list. Skipping.")
             set(add_inst 0)
         endif()
         if(("${cmake_instance}" MATCHES "gemm_multiply_multiply" AND "${cmake_instance}" MATCHES "_f8_" ) AND (NOT INST_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx94") AND (NOT INST_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx95") AND (NOT CK_USE_FP8_ON_UNSUPPORTED_ARCH))
-            message("Found gemm_multiply_multiply_f8 instances, but gfx94/gfx95 not on the target list. Skipping.")
+            message(DEBUG "Found gemm_multiply_multiply_f8 instances, but gfx94/gfx95 not on the target list. Skipping.")
             set(add_inst 0)
         endif()
         if ("${cmake_instance}" MATCHES "gemm_bilinear")
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ FOREACH(subdir_path ${dir_list})
         endif()
 
         if(MIOPEN_REQ_LIBS_ONLY)
-            message("Removing all sources that are not required for MIOpen")
+            message(STATUS "Removing all sources that are not required for MIOpen")
             if("${cmake_instance}" MATCHES "gemm" OR 
                "${cmake_instance}" MATCHES "mha" OR 
                "${cmake_instance}" MATCHES "contraction" OR 
@@ -319,9 +319,9 @@ FOREACH(subdir_path ${dir_list})
             else()
                  list(APPEND CK_DEVICE_OTHER_INSTANCES $<TARGET_OBJECTS:device_${target_dir}_instance>)
             endif()
-            message("add_instance_directory ${subdir_path}")
+            message(DEBUG "add_instance_directory ${subdir_path}")
         else()
-            message("skip_instance_directory ${subdir_path}")
+            message(DEBUG "skip_instance_directory ${subdir_path}")
         endif()
     ENDIF()
 ENDFOREACH()
diff --git a/library/src/tensor_operation_instance/gpu/mha/CMakeLists.txt b/library/src/tensor_operation_instance/gpu/mha/CMakeLists.txt
index 0457588ea6..99ed93801d 100644
--- a/library/src/tensor_operation_instance/gpu/mha/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/library/src/tensor_operation_instance/gpu/mha/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ set(CK_TILE_SRC_FOLDER ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include/ck_tile/)
 if(NOT CK_USE_ALTERNATIVE_PYTHON)
    find_package(Python3 COMPONENTS Interpreter Development)
 else()
-   message("Using alternative python version")
+   message(STATUS "Using alternative python version")
    set(EXTRA_PYTHON_PATH)
    # this is overly restrictive, we may need to be more flexible on the following
    string(REPLACE "/bin/python3.8" "" EXTRA_PYTHON_PATH "${CK_USE_ALTERNATIVE_PYTHON}")
-   message("alternative python path is: ${EXTRA_PYTHON_PATH}")
+   message(STATUS "alternative python path is: ${EXTRA_PYTHON_PATH}")
    find_package(Python3 3.6 COMPONENTS Interpreter REQUIRED)
    add_definitions(-DPython3_EXECUTABLE="${CK_USE_ALTERNATIVE_PYTHON}")
    set(Python3_EXECUTABLE "${CK_USE_ALTERNATIVE_PYTHON}")
diff --git a/profiler/src/CMakeLists.txt b/profiler/src/CMakeLists.txt
index d1480c2032..2cfb5581ea 100644
--- a/profiler/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/profiler/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ foreach(SOURCE ${PROFILER_OPS})
     list(APPEND PROFILER_SOURCES ${SOURCE})
   endif()
 endforeach()
-message(STATUS "ckProfiler sources: ${PROFILER_SOURCES}")
+message(VERBOSE "ckProfiler sources: ${PROFILER_SOURCES}")
 
 set(PROFILER_EXECUTABLE ckProfiler)
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ add_executable(${PROFILER_EXECUTABLE} ${PROFILER_SOURCES})
 target_compile_options(${PROFILER_EXECUTABLE} PRIVATE -Wno-global-constructors)
 # flags to compress the library
 if(NOT WIN32 AND ${hip_VERSION_FLAT} GREATER 600241132)
-  message(STATUS "Adding --offload-compress flag for ${PROFILER_EXECUTABLE}")
+  message(DEBUG "Adding --offload-compress flag for ${PROFILER_EXECUTABLE}")
   target_compile_options(${PROFILER_EXECUTABLE} PRIVATE --offload-compress)
 endif()
 
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ foreach(LIB ${DEVICE_INSTANCES})
     list(APPEND PROFILER_LIBS ${LIB})
   endif()
 endforeach()
-message(STATUS "ckProfiler libs: ${PROFILER_LIBS}")
+message(VERBOSE "ckProfiler libs: ${PROFILER_LIBS}")
 target_link_libraries(${PROFILER_EXECUTABLE} PRIVATE ${PROFILER_LIBS})
 
 rocm_install(TARGETS ${PROFILER_EXECUTABLE} COMPONENT profiler)
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index aa7e6651f1..1f2e7022ba 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ set(REGRESSION_TESTS
 )
 
 function(add_test_executable TEST_NAME)
-    message("adding test ${TEST_NAME}")
+    message(DEBUG "adding test ${TEST_NAME}")
     set(result 1)
     if(DEFINED DTYPES)
         foreach(source IN LISTS ARGN)
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ function(add_test_executable TEST_NAME)
                 set(test 1)
             endif()
             if(test EQUAL 1)
-                message("removing test ${source} ")
+                message(DEBUG "removing test ${source} ")
                 list(REMOVE_ITEM ARGN "${source}")
             endif()
         endforeach()
@@ -78,25 +78,25 @@ function(add_test_executable TEST_NAME)
 
     foreach(source IN LISTS ARGN)
         if(NOT DEFINED DPP_KERNELS AND source MATCHES "_dpp")
-            message("removing dpp test ${source} ")
+            message(DEBUG "removing dpp test ${source} ")
             list(REMOVE_ITEM ARGN "${source}")
         endif()
     endforeach()
     foreach(source IN LISTS ARGN)
         if(NOT DEFINED DL_KERNELS AND source MATCHES "_dl")
-            message("removing dl test ${source} ")
+            message(DEBUG "removing dl test ${source} ")
             list(REMOVE_ITEM ARGN "${source}")
         endif()
     endforeach()
     foreach(source IN LISTS ARGN)
         if(NOT TEST_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx9" AND source MATCHES "xdl")
-            message("removing xdl test ${source} ")
+            message(DEBUG "removing xdl test ${source} ")
             list(REMOVE_ITEM ARGN "${source}")
         endif()
     endforeach()
     foreach(source IN LISTS ARGN)
 	if(NOT TEST_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx11" AND NOT TEST_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx12" AND source MATCHES "wmma")
-            message("removing wmma test ${source} ")
+            message(DEBUG "removing wmma test ${source} ")
             list(REMOVE_ITEM ARGN "${source}")
         endif()
     endforeach()
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ function(add_test_executable TEST_NAME)
         rocm_install(TARGETS ${TEST_NAME} COMPONENT tests)
         set(result 0)
     endif()
-    #message("add_test returns ${result}")
+    message(DEBUG "add_test returns ${result}")
     set(result ${result} PARENT_SCOPE)
     if(result EQUAL 0 AND NOT "${TEST_NAME}" IN_LIST REGRESSION_TESTS)
         set_tests_properties(${TEST_NAME} PROPERTIES LABELS "SMOKE_TEST")
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ function(add_test_executable TEST_NAME)
 endfunction()
 
 function(add_gtest_executable TEST_NAME)
-    message("adding gtest ${TEST_NAME}")
+    message(DEBUG "adding gtest ${TEST_NAME}")
     set(result 1)
     if(DEFINED DTYPES)
         foreach(source IN LISTS ARGN)
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ function(add_gtest_executable TEST_NAME)
                 set(test 1)
             endif()
             if(test EQUAL 1)
-                message("removing gtest ${source} ")
+                message(DEBUG "removing gtest ${source} ")
                 list(REMOVE_ITEM ARGN "${source}")
             endif()
         endforeach()
@@ -168,28 +168,28 @@ function(add_gtest_executable TEST_NAME)
 
     foreach(source IN LISTS ARGN)
         if(NOT DEFINED DL_KERNELS AND source MATCHES "_dl")
-            message("removing dl test ${source} ")
+            message(DEBUG "removing dl test ${source} ")
             list(REMOVE_ITEM ARGN "${source}")
         endif()
     endforeach()
 
     foreach(source IN LISTS ARGN)
         if(NOT TEST_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx9" AND source MATCHES "xdl")
-            message("removing xdl test ${source} ")
+            message(DEBUG "removing xdl test ${source} ")
             list(REMOVE_ITEM ARGN "${source}")
         endif()
     endforeach()
 
     foreach(source IN LISTS ARGN)
     if(NOT TEST_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx95" AND source MATCHES "mx_")
-        message("removing microscaling test ${source} ")
+        message(DEBUG "removing microscaling test ${source} ")
         list(REMOVE_ITEM ARGN "${source}")
     endif()
     endforeach()
 
     foreach(source IN LISTS ARGN)
 	if(NOT TEST_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx11" AND NOT TEST_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx12" AND source MATCHES "wmma")
-            message("removing wmma test ${source} ")
+             message(DEBUG "removing wmma test ${source} ")
             list(REMOVE_ITEM ARGN "${source}")
         endif()
     endforeach()
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ function(add_gtest_executable TEST_NAME)
         rocm_install(TARGETS ${TEST_NAME} COMPONENT tests)
         set(result 0)
     endif()
-    #message("add_gtest returns ${result}")
+    message(DEBUG "add_gtest returns ${result}")
     set(result ${result} PARENT_SCOPE)
     if(result EQUAL 0 AND NOT "${TEST_NAME}" IN_LIST REGRESSION_TESTS)
         set_tests_properties(${TEST_NAME} PROPERTIES LABELS "SMOKE_TEST")
diff --git a/test/ck_tile/gemm/CMakeLists.txt b/test/ck_tile/gemm/CMakeLists.txt
index 598bd68666..cfc5b0cd1a 100644
--- a/test/ck_tile/gemm/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/ck_tile/gemm/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ if(GPU_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx94" OR GPU_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx95")
     target_compile_options(test_ck_tile_gemm_pipeline_compv3 PRIVATE ${EXAMPLE_GEMM_COMPILE_OPTIONS})
     target_compile_options(test_ck_tile_gemm_pipeline_compv4 PRIVATE ${EXAMPLE_GEMM_COMPILE_COMPUTE_V4_OPTIONS})
 else()
-    message("Skipping ck_tile_gemm tests for current target")
+    message(DEBUG "Skipping ck_tile_gemm tests for current target")
 endif()
 
 if(GPU_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx94" OR GPU_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx95" OR GPU_TARGETS MATCHES "gfx90a")
diff --git a/tile_engine/include/CMakeLists.txt b/tile_engine/include/CMakeLists.txt
index d11a4b3bee..53d97aafae 100644
--- a/tile_engine/include/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tile_engine/include/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-message("Add include directory")
+message(STATUS "Add include directory")
diff --git a/tile_engine/ops/gemm/CMakeLists.txt b/tile_engine/ops/gemm/CMakeLists.txt
index 01b064ea98..cbba248211 100644
--- a/tile_engine/ops/gemm/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tile_engine/ops/gemm/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ target_include_directories(gemm_template_instances PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_
 target_sources(gemm_template_instances PRIVATE ${GEMM_CODEGEN_HPP_FILES})
 
 set(BENCHMARK_GEMM_EXECUTABLE "benchmark_gemm")
-message("adding example ${BENCHMARK_GEMM_EXECUTABLE}")
+message(DEBUG "adding example ${BENCHMARK_GEMM_EXECUTABLE}")
 
 include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})