diff --git a/config/ompi_configure_options.m4 b/config/ompi_configure_options.m4
index 8d20ecc5ef..d163d5d839 100644
--- a/config/ompi_configure_options.m4
+++ b/config/ompi_configure_options.m4
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ dnl $HEADER$
 dnl
 
 AC_DEFUN([OMPI_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS],[
-ompi_show_subtitle "OMPI Configuration options"
+opal_show_subtitle "OMPI Configuration options"
 
 #
 # Disable MPI layer?
diff --git a/config/ompi_contrib.m4 b/config/ompi_contrib.m4
index 56c721f302..572ee00e3c 100644
--- a/config/ompi_contrib.m4
+++ b/config/ompi_contrib.m4
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([OMPI_CONTRIB],[
                         [Comma-separated list of contributed package names that will not be built.  Possible values: ompi_mpicontrib_list.  Example: "--enable-contrib-no-build=foo,bar" will disable building both the "foo" and "bar" contributed software packages (default: none -- i.e., build all possible contrib packages)]))
 
     # Parse the list to see what we should not build
-    ompi_show_subtitle "Configuring contributed software packages"
+    opal_show_subtitle "Configuring contributed software packages"
     AC_MSG_CHECKING([which contributed software packages should be disabled])
     if test "$enable_contrib_no_build" = "yes"; then
         AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
diff --git a/config/ompi_interix.m4 b/config/ompi_interix.m4
index 1f13b2f3fe..c745aad517 100644
--- a/config/ompi_interix.m4
+++ b/config/ompi_interix.m4
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([OMPI_INTERIX],[
     AC_MSG_RESULT([$is_interix])
     if test "$is_interix" = "yes"; then
 
-        ompi_show_subtitle "Interix detection"
+        opal_show_subtitle "Interix detection"
 
         if ! test -d /usr/include/port; then
             AC_MSG_WARN([Compiling Open MPI under Interix require an up-to-date])
diff --git a/config/ompi_mca.m4 b/config/ompi_mca.m4
index e59e7c72b1..488af644e1 100644
--- a/config/ompi_mca.m4
+++ b/config/ompi_mca.m4
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([MCA_CONFIGURE_PROJECT],[
     # can't use a variable rename here because these need to be evaled
     # at auto* time.
 
-    ompi_show_subtitle "Configuring MCA for $1"
+    opal_show_subtitle "Configuring MCA for $1"
 
     AC_MSG_CHECKING([for frameworks for $1])
     AC_MSG_RESULT([mca_$1_framework_list])
diff --git a/config/ompi_microsoft.m4 b/config/ompi_microsoft.m4
index 3074929a5b..30e3e6582b 100644
--- a/config/ompi_microsoft.m4
+++ b/config/ompi_microsoft.m4
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([OMPI_MICROSOFT_COMPILER],[
     # default list of header files.
     if test "x$ompi_cv_c_compiler_vendor" = "xmicrosoft" ; then
 
-        ompi_show_subtitle "Microsoft specific detection"
+        opal_show_subtitle "Microsoft specific detection"
 
         #
         # These 2 libraries are a minimum ...
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([OMPI_MICROSOFT_COMPILER],[
                        $ompi_windows_have_support_for_64_bits_atomic,
                        [Whether we support 64 bits atomic operations on Windows])
 
-        ompi_show_title "Windows Type tests"
+        opal_show_title "Windows Type tests"
 
         AC_DEFINE([pid_t], [intptr_t], [Windows pid_t type is a pointer])
         AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([SIZEOF_PID_T], $ac_cv_sizeof_int,
diff --git a/config/ompi_setup_contrib.m4 b/config/ompi_setup_contrib.m4
index ea6735c7ef..eb14385065 100644
--- a/config/ompi_setup_contrib.m4
+++ b/config/ompi_setup_contrib.m4
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #
 
 AC_DEFUN([OMPI_SETUP_CONTRIB],[
-    ompi_show_title "Contributed software setup"
+    opal_show_title "Contributed software setup"
 
     OMPI_CONTRIB
 ])
diff --git a/config/ompi_setup_cxx.m4 b/config/ompi_setup_cxx.m4
index 2028ed06f7..53671e7c22 100644
--- a/config/ompi_setup_cxx.m4
+++ b/config/ompi_setup_cxx.m4
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ dnl
 
 # This macro is necessary to get the title to be displayed first.  :-)
 AC_DEFUN([OMPI_SETUP_CXX_BANNER],[
-    ompi_show_subtitle "C++ compiler and preprocessor" 
+    opal_show_subtitle "C++ compiler and preprocessor" 
 ])
 
 # This macro is necessary because PROG_CXX* is REQUIREd by multiple
diff --git a/config/ompi_setup_fc.m4 b/config/ompi_setup_fc.m4
index c3f8d148d1..d8bc8a718c 100644
--- a/config/ompi_setup_fc.m4
+++ b/config/ompi_setup_fc.m4
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ dnl
 
 # This is REQUIREd, below.
 AC_DEFUN_ONCE([_OMPI_SETUP_FC_BANNER],[
-    ompi_show_subtitle "Fortran compiler" 
+    opal_show_subtitle "Fortran compiler" 
 ])
 
 #############################################################################
diff --git a/config/ompi_setup_java.m4 b/config/ompi_setup_java.m4
index c20fcba2fb..53ac9962cd 100644
--- a/config/ompi_setup_java.m4
+++ b/config/ompi_setup_java.m4
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ dnl
 
 # This macro is necessary to get the title to be displayed first.  :-)
 AC_DEFUN([OMPI_SETUP_JAVA_BINDINGS_BANNER],[
-    ompi_show_subtitle "Java MPI bindings" 
+    opal_show_subtitle "Java MPI bindings" 
 ])
 
 # OMPI_SETUP_JAVA_BINDINGS()
diff --git a/config/ompi_setup_mpi_ext.m4 b/config/ompi_setup_mpi_ext.m4
index baca9f6142..9abfd9f60e 100644
--- a/config/ompi_setup_mpi_ext.m4
+++ b/config/ompi_setup_mpi_ext.m4
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #
 
 AC_DEFUN([OMPI_SETUP_MPI_EXT],[
-   ompi_show_title "Extended MPI interfaces setup" 
+   opal_show_title "Extended MPI interfaces setup" 
 
    OMPI_EXT
 ])
diff --git a/config/opal_configure_options.m4 b/config/opal_configure_options.m4
index 802093d8b9..ee6063cea4 100644
--- a/config/opal_configure_options.m4
+++ b/config/opal_configure_options.m4
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ dnl $HEADER$
 dnl
 
 AC_DEFUN([OPAL_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS],[
-ompi_show_subtitle "OPAL Configuration options"
+opal_show_subtitle "OPAL Configuration options"
 
 
 #
diff --git a/config/opal_functions.m4 b/config/opal_functions.m4
index 9e68bcde4e..f6c7a71adc 100644
--- a/config/opal_functions.m4
+++ b/config/opal_functions.m4
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([OPAL_CONFIGURE_SETUP],[
 # of arugments here because of the m4 substitution.  So we have to set
 # special variable names before invoking the function.  :-\
 
-ompi_show_title() {
+opal_show_title() {
   cat <<EOF
 
 ============================================================================
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ EOF
 }
 
 
-ompi_show_subtitle() {
+opal_show_subtitle() {
   cat <<EOF
 
 *** ${1}
diff --git a/config/opal_setup_cc.m4 b/config/opal_setup_cc.m4
index 34ff6779f0..5fe919d418 100644
--- a/config/opal_setup_cc.m4
+++ b/config/opal_setup_cc.m4
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([OPAL_SETUP_CC],[
 
 
 AC_DEFUN([_OMPI_START_SETUP_CC],[
-    ompi_show_subtitle "C compiler and preprocessor" 
+    opal_show_subtitle "C compiler and preprocessor" 
 
 	# $%@#!@#% AIX!!  This has to be called before anything invokes the C
     # compiler.
diff --git a/config/opal_setup_cxx.m4 b/config/opal_setup_cxx.m4
index 0df36d3e72..a55369f4de 100644
--- a/config/opal_setup_cxx.m4
+++ b/config/opal_setup_cxx.m4
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ dnl
 
 # This macro is necessary to get the title to be displayed first.  :-)
 AC_DEFUN([OPAL_SETUP_CXX_BANNER],[
-    ompi_show_subtitle "C++ compiler and preprocessor" 
+    opal_show_subtitle "C++ compiler and preprocessor" 
 ])
 
 # This macro is necessary because PROG_CXX* is REQUIREd by multiple
diff --git a/config/opal_setup_ft.m4 b/config/opal_setup_ft.m4
index 3295d685e7..6dc03dc7c1 100644
--- a/config/opal_setup_ft.m4
+++ b/config/opal_setup_ft.m4
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 # This macro is necessary to get the title to be displayed first.  :-)
 AC_DEFUN([OPAL_SETUP_FT_BANNER],[
-    ompi_show_subtitle "Fault tolerance" 
+    opal_show_subtitle "Fault tolerance" 
 ])
 
 AC_DEFUN([OPAL_SETUP_FT_OPTIONS],[
diff --git a/config/opal_setup_java.m4 b/config/opal_setup_java.m4
index 409b126505..e5754e0c52 100644
--- a/config/opal_setup_java.m4
+++ b/config/opal_setup_java.m4
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ dnl
 
 # This macro is necessary to get the title to be displayed first.  :-)
 AC_DEFUN([OPAL_SETUP_JAVA_BANNER],[
-    ompi_show_subtitle "Java compiler" 
+    opal_show_subtitle "Java compiler" 
 ])
 
 # OPAL_SETUP_JAVA()
diff --git a/config/opal_setup_libltdl.m4 b/config/opal_setup_libltdl.m4
index 2f27940df5..8168a32851 100644
--- a/config/opal_setup_libltdl.m4
+++ b/config/opal_setup_libltdl.m4
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ dnl
 AC_DEFUN([OPAL_SETUP_LIBLTDL],[
     OPAL_VAR_SCOPE_PUSH([HAPPY])
 
-    ompi_show_subtitle "GNU libltdl setup"
+    opal_show_subtitle "GNU libltdl setup"
 
     # AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS appears to be broken for non-gcc compilers (i.e.,
     # passing precious variables down to the sub-configure).
diff --git a/config/orte_configure_options.m4 b/config/orte_configure_options.m4
index 510d04e37a..b97a549380 100644
--- a/config/orte_configure_options.m4
+++ b/config/orte_configure_options.m4
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ dnl
 
 
 AC_DEFUN([ORTE_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS],[
-ompi_show_subtitle "ORTE Configuration options"
+opal_show_subtitle "ORTE Configuration options"
 
 #
 # Do we want orterun's --prefix behavior to be enabled by default?
diff --git a/config/orte_setup_java.m4 b/config/orte_setup_java.m4
index c5f082d164..6774a27790 100644
--- a/config/orte_setup_java.m4
+++ b/config/orte_setup_java.m4
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ dnl
 
 # This macro is necessary to get the title to be displayed first.  :-)
 AC_DEFUN([ORTE_SETUP_JAVA_BANNER],[
-    ompi_show_subtitle "Java compiler" 
+    opal_show_subtitle "Java compiler" 
 ])
 
 # ORTE_SETUP_JAVA()
diff --git a/config/oshmem_configure_options.m4 b/config/oshmem_configure_options.m4
index b27ae23c4b..24f9a20611 100644
--- a/config/oshmem_configure_options.m4
+++ b/config/oshmem_configure_options.m4
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ dnl $HEADER$
 dnl
 
 AC_DEFUN([OSHMEM_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS],[
-ompi_show_subtitle "OSHMEM Configuration options"
+opal_show_subtitle "OSHMEM Configuration options"
 
 AC_SUBST(OSHMEM_LIBSHMEM_EXTRA_LIBS)
 AC_SUBST(OSHMEM_LIBSHMEM_EXTRA_LDFLAGS)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4eeac70a2b..58cdcabae2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -62,13 +62,13 @@ OMPI_LOAD_PLATFORM
 #
 
 OPAL_CONFIGURE_SETUP
-ompi_show_title "Configuring project_name_long"
+opal_show_title "Configuring project_name_long"
 
 #
 # Setup some things that must be done before AM-INIT-AUTOMAKE
 #
 
-ompi_show_subtitle "Startup tests"
+opal_show_subtitle "Startup tests"
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 AC_CANONICAL_TARGET
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(OPAL_ARCH, "$target", [OMPI architecture string])
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])
 # Make configure depend on the VERSION file, since it's used in AC_INIT
 AC_SUBST([CONFIGURE_DEPENDENCIES], ['$(top_srcdir)/VERSION'])
 
-ompi_show_subtitle "Checking versions"
+opal_show_subtitle "Checking versions"
 
 # Get the version of OMPI that we are installing
 
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ PACKAGE_VERSION="$OPAL_VERSION"
 PACKAGE_STRING="${PACKAGE_NAME} ${PACKAGE_VERSION}"
 VERSION="${PACKAGE_VERSION}"
 
-ompi_show_subtitle "Initialization, setup"
+opal_show_subtitle "Initialization, setup"
 
 OMPI_TOP_BUILDDIR="`pwd`"
 AC_SUBST(OMPI_TOP_BUILDDIR)
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ esac
 ############################################################################
 # Check for compilers and preprocessors
 ############################################################################
-ompi_show_title "Compiler and preprocessor tests"
+opal_show_title "Compiler and preprocessor tests"
 
 ##################################
 # C compiler characteristics
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ m4_ifdef([project_ompi], [OPAL_SETUP_CXX
 # C and C++ check compiler attributes.
 ##################################
 
-ompi_show_subtitle "Compiler characteristics"
+opal_show_subtitle "Compiler characteristics"
 
 OPAL_CHECK_ATTRIBUTES
 OPAL_CHECK_COMPILER_VERSION_ID
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ m4_ifdef([project_ompi], [OMPI_SETUP_MPI_PROFILING],
 # Assembler Configuration
 ##################################
 
-ompi_show_subtitle "Assembler"
+opal_show_subtitle "Assembler"
 
 AM_PROG_AS
 OPAL_CONFIG_ASM
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ AC_CACHE_SAVE
 # Header files
 ##################################
 
-ompi_show_title "Header file tests"
+opal_show_title "Header file tests"
 
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([alloca.h aio.h arpa/inet.h dirent.h \
     dlfcn.h execinfo.h err.h fcntl.h grp.h inttypes.h libgen.h \
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ AC_CACHE_SAVE
 # Types
 ##################################
 
-ompi_show_title "Type tests"
+opal_show_title "Type tests"
 
 AC_CHECK_TYPES([socklen_t, struct sockaddr_in, struct sockaddr_in6,
                 struct sockaddr_storage],
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ AC_CACHE_SAVE
 # Libraries
 ##################################
 
-ompi_show_title "Library and Function tests"
+opal_show_title "Library and Function tests"
 
 # Darwin doesn't need -lutil, as it's something other than this -lutil.
 OPAL_CHECK_FUNC_LIB([openpty], [util])
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ AC_CACHE_SAVE
 # System-specific tests
 ##################################
 
-ompi_show_title "System-specific tests"
+opal_show_title "System-specific tests"
 
 # Do we have _SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN? (only going to pass if we also have
 # <unistd.h> and sysconf(), which is ok) OS X 10.4 has <unistd.h> and
@@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@ OPAL_SETUP_FT
 # MCA
 ##################################
 
-ompi_show_title "Modular Component Architecture (MCA) setup"
+opal_show_title "Modular Component Architecture (MCA) setup"
 
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for subdir args])
 OMPI_CONFIG_SUBDIR_ARGS([ompi_subdir_args])
@@ -1174,7 +1174,7 @@ AC_CACHE_SAVE
 # Check the visibility declspec at the end to avoid problem with
 # the previous tests that are not necessarily prepared for
 # the visibility feature.
-ompi_show_title "Symbol visibility feature"
+opal_show_title "Symbol visibility feature"
 
 OPAL_CHECK_VISIBILITY
 
@@ -1184,14 +1184,14 @@ OPAL_CHECK_VISIBILITY
 # Final top-level OMPI configuration
 ############################################################################
 
-ompi_show_title "Final top-level OMPI configuration"
+opal_show_title "Final top-level OMPI configuration"
 
 ############################################################################
 # Libtool: part two
 # (after C compiler setup = no compiler/linker tests after this)
 ############################################################################
 
-ompi_show_subtitle "Libtool configuration"
+opal_show_subtitle "Libtool configuration"
 
 # Use the undocumented solaris_use_stlport4 libtool variable to turn off any
 # Cstd/stlport4 linkage. This allows Open MPI to be C++ STL agnostic.
@@ -1257,8 +1257,8 @@ LT_OUTPUT
 # final compiler config
 ############################################################################
 
-m4_ifdef([project_ompi], [ompi_show_subtitle "Compiler flags"],
-         [m4_ifdef([project_orte], [ompi_show_subtitle "Compiler flags"])])
+m4_ifdef([project_ompi], [opal_show_subtitle "Compiler flags"],
+         [m4_ifdef([project_orte], [opal_show_subtitle "Compiler flags"])])
 
 #
 # This is needed for VPATH builds, so that it will -I the appropriate
@@ -1316,7 +1316,7 @@ AC_SUBST([AMCA_PARAM_SETS_DIR], ['$(ompidatadir)/amca-param-sets'])
 # final wrapper compiler config
 ############################################################################
 
-ompi_show_subtitle "Wrapper compiler final setup"
+opal_show_subtitle "Wrapper compiler final setup"
 # The ORTE and OMPI wrapper scripts (i.e., not the C-compiled
 # executables) need perl.
 AC_PATH_PROG(PERL, perl, perl)
@@ -1399,7 +1399,7 @@ AC_SUBST(ompidatadir)
 AC_SUBST(ompilibdir)
 AC_SUBST(ompiincludedir)
 
-ompi_show_subtitle "Final output"
+opal_show_subtitle "Final output"
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
     Makefile
diff --git a/ompi/mca/io/romio/configure.m4 b/ompi/mca/io/romio/configure.m4
index 635158907b..dbce17f9e3 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/io/romio/configure.m4
+++ b/ompi/mca/io/romio/configure.m4
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([MCA_ompi_io_romio_CONFIG],[
 
                    io_romio_flags="$io_romio_flags FROM_OMPI=yes CC="'"'"$CC"'"'" CFLAGS="'"'"$CFLAGS"'"'" CPPFLAGS="'"'"$CPPFLAGS"'"'" FFLAGS="'"'"$FFLAGS"'"'" LDFLAGS="'"'"$LDFLAGS"'"'" --$io_romio_shared-shared --$io_romio_static-static $io_romio_flags $io_romio_prefix_arg --disable-aio"
 
-                   ompi_show_subtitle "Configuring ROMIO distribution"
+                   opal_show_subtitle "Configuring ROMIO distribution"
                    OMPI_CONFIG_SUBDIR([ompi/mca/io/romio/romio], 
                                       [$io_romio_flags],
                                       [io_romio_happy=1], [io_romio_happy=0])