FindMPI: Modernize documentation

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# The Message Passing Interface (MPI) is a library used to write
# high-performance distributed-memory parallel applications, and is
# typically deployed on a cluster. MPI is a standard interface (defined
# by the MPI forum) for which many implementations are available. All
# of them have somewhat different include paths, libraries to link
# against, etc., and this module tries to smooth out those differences.
# by the MPI forum) for which many implementations are available.
#
# Variables
# ^^^^^^^^^
#
# This module will set the following variables per language in your
# project, where <lang> is one of C, CXX, or Fortran:
# project, where ``<lang>`` is one of C, CXX, or Fortran:
#
# ::
#
# MPI_<lang>_FOUND TRUE if FindMPI found MPI flags for <lang>
# MPI_<lang>_COMPILER MPI Compiler wrapper for <lang>
# MPI_<lang>_COMPILE_FLAGS Compilation flags for MPI programs
# MPI_<lang>_INCLUDE_PATH Include path(s) for MPI header
# MPI_<lang>_LINK_FLAGS Linking flags for MPI programs
# MPI_<lang>_LIBRARIES All libraries to link MPI programs against
# ``MPI_<lang>_FOUND``
# Variable indicating the MPI settings for ``<lang>`` were found.
# ``MPI_<lang>_COMPILER``
# MPI Compiler wrapper for ``<lang>``.
# ``MPI_<lang>_COMPILE_FLAGS``
# Compilation flags for MPI programs, separated by spaces.
# This is *not* a :ref:`;-list <CMake Language Lists>`.
# ``MPI_<lang>_INCLUDE_PATH``
# Include path(s) for MPI header.
# ``MPI_<lang>_LINK_FLAGS``
# Linker flags for MPI programs.
# ``MPI_<lang>_LIBRARIES``
# All libraries to link MPI programs against.
#
# Additionally, the following :prop_tgt:`IMPORTED` targets are defined:
#
# ::
#
# MPI::MPI_<lang> Target for using MPI from <lang>
# ``MPI::MPI_<lang>``
# Target for using MPI from ``<lang>``.
#
# Additionally, FindMPI sets the following variables for running MPI
# programs from the command line:
#
# ::
#
# MPIEXEC Executable for running MPI programs
# MPIEXEC_NUMPROC_FLAG Flag to pass to MPIEXEC before giving
# it the number of processors to run on
# MPIEXEC_PREFLAGS Flags to pass to MPIEXEC directly
# before the executable to run.
# MPIEXEC_POSTFLAGS Flags to pass to MPIEXEC after other flags
# ``MPIEXEC``
# Executable for running MPI programs, if provided.
# ``MPIEXEC_NUMPROC_FLAG``
# Flag to pass to ``MPIEXEC`` before giving it the number of processors to run on.
# ``MPIEXEC_MAX_NUMPROCS``
# Number of MPI processors to utilize. Defaults to the number
# of processors detected on the host system.
# ``MPIEXEC_PREFLAGS``
# Flags to pass to ``MPIEXEC`` directly before the executable to run.
# ``MPIEXEC_POSTFLAGS``
# Flags to pass to ``MPIEXEC`` after other flags.
#
# Usage
# ^^^^^
#
# To use this module, simply call FindMPI from a CMakeLists.txt file, or
# run ``find_package(MPI)``, then run CMake. If you are happy with the
# To use this module, call ``find_package(MPI)``. If you are happy with the
# auto-detected configuration for your language, then you're done. If
# not, you have two options:
#
# ::
#
# 1. Set MPI_<lang>_COMPILER to the MPI wrapper (mpicc, etc.) of your
# choice and reconfigure. FindMPI will attempt to determine all the
# necessary variables using THAT compiler's compile and link flags.
# 2. If this fails, or if your MPI implementation does not come with
# a compiler wrapper, then set both MPI_<lang>_LIBRARIES and
# MPI_<lang>_INCLUDE_PATH. You may also set any other variables
# listed above, but these two are required. This will circumvent
# autodetection entirely.
# 1. Set ``MPI_<lang>_COMPILER`` to the MPI wrapper (e.g. ``mpicc``) of your
# choice and reconfigure. FindMPI will attempt to determine all the
# necessary variables using *that* compiler's compile and link flags.
# 2. If this fails, or if your MPI implementation does not come with
# a compiler wrapper, then set both ``MPI_<lang>_LIBRARIES`` and
# ``MPI_<lang>_INCLUDE_PATH``. You may also set any other variables
# listed above, but these two are required. This will circumvent
# autodetection entirely.
#
# When configuration is successful, ``MPI_<lang>_COMPILER`` will be set to
# the compiler wrapper for <lang>, if it was found. ``MPI_<lang>_FOUND``
# the compiler wrapper for ``<lang>``, if it was found. ``MPI_<lang>_FOUND``
# and other variables above will be set if any MPI implementation was
# found for <lang>, regardless of whether a compiler was found.
# found for ``<lang>``, regardless of whether a compiler was found.
#
# When using ``MPIEXEC`` to execute MPI applications, you should typically
# use all of the ``MPIEXEC`` flags as follows:
#
# ::
#
# ${MPIEXEC} ${MPIEXEC_NUMPROC_FLAG} PROCS
# ${MPIEXEC} ${MPIEXEC_NUMPROC_FLAG} ${MPIEXEC_MAX_NUMPROCS}
# ${MPIEXEC_PREFLAGS} EXECUTABLE ${MPIEXEC_POSTFLAGS} ARGS
#
# where ``PROCS`` is the number of processors on which to execute the
# program, ``EXECUTABLE`` is the MPI program, and ``ARGS`` are the arguments to
# where ``EXECUTABLE`` is the MPI program, and ``ARGS`` are the arguments to
# pass to the MPI program.
#
# Backward Compatibility
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# The compilers are detected in this order:
#
# 1. Try to find the most generic available MPI compiler, as this is usually set up by
# cluster admins. e.g., if plain old mpicc is available, we'll use it and assume it's
# cluster admins, e.g. if plain old mpicc is available, we'll use it and assume it's
# the right compiler.
#
# 2. If a generic mpicc is NOT found, then we attempt to find one that matches
# CMAKE_<lang>_COMPILER_ID. e.g. if you are using XL compilers, we'll try to find mpixlc
# and company, but not mpiicc. This hopefully prevents toolchain mismatches.
# and company, but not mpiicc. This hopefully prevents toolchain mismatches.
#
# If you want to force a particular MPI compiler other than what we autodetect (e.g. if you
# want to compile regular stuff with GNU and parallel stuff with Intel), you can always set
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set(MPI_${lang}_LIBRARIES ${MPI_LIBRARIES_WORK} CACHE STRING "MPI ${lang} libraries to link against" FORCE)
mark_as_advanced(MPI_${lang}_COMPILE_FLAGS MPI_${lang}_INCLUDE_PATH MPI_${lang}_LINK_FLAGS MPI_${lang}_LIBRARIES)
# clear out our temporary lib/header detectionv variable here.
# clear out our temporary lib/header detection variable here.
set(MPI_LIB "MPI_LIB-NOTFOUND" CACHE INTERNAL "Scratch variable for MPI lib detection" FORCE)
set(MPI_HEADER_PATH "MPI_HEADER_PATH-NOTFOUND" CACHE INTERNAL "Scratch variable for MPI header detection" FORCE)
endif()