diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e09ee54697..da83c96960 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -403,9 +403,6 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([
     src/mca/mpi/topo/Makefile
     src/mca/mpi/topo/base/Makefile
 
-    src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/Makefile
-    src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/src/Makefile
-
     src/tools/Makefile
     src/tools/wrappers/Makefile
 
diff --git a/src/mca/lam/Makefile.am b/src/mca/lam/Makefile.am
index eadac9bcc2..04456d30b7 100644
--- a/src/mca/lam/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/mca/lam/Makefile.am
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(top_srcdir)/config/Makefile.options
 # the base first).  common_lam must be second, however, because
 # modules under there may be statically linked to other modules.
 
-SUBDIRS = base common_lam pcm registry
+SUBDIRS = base common_lam oob pcm registry 
 
 # Source code files
 
diff --git a/src/mca/lam/oob/base/.cvsignore b/src/mca/lam/oob/base/.cvsignore
index 3dda72986f..b312ec8684 100644
--- a/src/mca/lam/oob/base/.cvsignore
+++ b/src/mca/lam/oob/base/.cvsignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 Makefile.in
 Makefile
+static-modules.h
diff --git a/src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/.cvsignore b/src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/.cvsignore
index f880c281a3..4f7712fb02 100644
--- a/src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/.cvsignore
+++ b/src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/.cvsignore
@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
-.libs
-libmca_lam_oob_cofs.la
 Makefile
 Makefile.in
+acinclude.m4
+aclocal.m4
+configure
+configure.ac
+config.log
+config.status
+libtool
+autom4te.cache
+.libs
+.deps
+*.la
+.lam*
diff --git a/src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/Makefile.am b/src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/Makefile.am
index 93a71a7ab2..89e54b2620 100644
--- a/src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/Makefile.am
@@ -3,15 +3,36 @@
 # $HEADER$
 #
 
-include $(top_srcdir)/config/Makefile.options
+# Use the top-level LAM Makefile.options
 
-SUBDIRS			= src
-DIST_SUBDIRS		= $(SUBDIRS)
+include $(top_lam_srcdir)/config/Makefile.options
 
-module_noinst	= libmca_lam_oob_cofs.la
-module_install	=
+SUBDIRS = src
+DIST_SUBDIRS = config $(SUBDIRS)
+
+EXTRA_DIST = VERSION
+
+# According to the MCA spec, we have to make the output library here
+# in the top-level directory, and it has to be named
+# liblam_ssi_coll_lam_basic.la
+
+if LAM_BUILD_LOADABLE_MODULE
+module_noinst =
+module_install = mca_oob_cofs.la
+else
+module_noinst = libmca_lam_oob_cofs.la
+module_install =
+endif
+
+lamssiexecdir = $(libdir)/lam
+lamssiexec_LTLIBRARIES = $(module_install)
+mca_oob_cofs_la_SOURCES =
+mca_oob_cofs_la_LIBADD = \
+        src/libmca_oob_cofs.la \
+        $(top_lam_builddir)/src/lam/liblam.la
+mca_oob_cofs_la_LDFLAGS = -module -avoid-version
 
 noinst_LTLIBRARIES = $(module_noinst)
-
-libmca_lam_oob_cofs_la_SOURCES=
-libmca_lam_oob_cofs_la_LIBADD	= src/libcofs.la
+libmca_lam_oob_cofs_la_SOURCES =
+libmca_lam_oob_cofs_la_LIBADD = src/libmca_oob_cofs.la
+libmca_lam_oob_cofs_la_LDFLAGS = -module -avoid-version
diff --git a/src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/VERSION b/src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54f912ce99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+major=1
+minor=0
+release=0
+alpha=0
+beta=0
+cvs=1
diff --git a/src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/config/.cvsignore b/src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/config/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9503f6b47c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/config/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+config.guess
+config.sub
+depcomp
+install-sh
+ltmain.sh
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+missing
+mkinstalldirs
diff --git a/src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/config/Makefile.am b/src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/config/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..270f85be02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/config/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+#
+# $HEADER$
+#
+
+include $(top_lam_srcdir)/config/Makefile.options
+
+# This file is only here so that "make dist" grabs all the extra
+# config-level files that are necessary to build a LAM distribution
+# tarball.  Nothing gets built in this directory.
+
+# Seems to be an automake bug -- depcomp is not automatically included
+# in distribution tarballs.
+
+EXTRA_DIST		= depcomp
diff --git a/src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/configure.params b/src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/configure.params
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a288603b2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/configure.params
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# -*- shell-script -*-
+#
+# $HEADER$
+#
+
+# Specific to this module
+
+PARAM_INIT_FILE=src/oob_cofs.c
+PARAM_CONFIG_FILES="Makefile config/Makefile src/Makefile"
diff --git a/src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/src/.cvsignore b/src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/src/.cvsignore
index dc53cf5945..9f2bf05175 100644
--- a/src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/src/.cvsignore
+++ b/src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/src/.cvsignore
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 .deps
 .libs
-libcofs.la
 Makefile
 Makefile.in
-oob_cofs.lo
-oob_cofs_module.lo
+*.lo
+libmca_oob_cofs.la
+oob_cofs_config.h
+oob_cofs_config.h.in
+stamp-h1
diff --git a/src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/src/Makefile.am b/src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/src/Makefile.am
index 55d0020597..61cfc9a455 100644
--- a/src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/src/Makefile.am
@@ -2,17 +2,16 @@
 # $HEADER$
 #
 
-include $(top_srcdir)/config/Makefile.options
+include $(top_lam_srcdir)/config/Makefile.options
 
-noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libcofs.la
+AM_CPPFLAGS = \
+        -I$(top_lam_builddir)/src/include \
+        -I$(top_lam_srcdir)/src \
+        -I$(top_lam_srcdir)/src/include
 
-# Source code files
-
-headers = \
-	oob_cofs.h
-
-libcofs_la_SOURCES = \
-        $(headers) \
+noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libmca_oob_cofs.la
+libmca_oob_cofs_la_SOURCES = \
+	oob_cofs.h \
 	oob_cofs_module.c \
 	oob_cofs.c
 
diff --git a/src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/src/oob_cofs.c b/src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/src/oob_cofs.c
index 0d46fdc37e..35cdb4f6ea 100644
--- a/src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/src/oob_cofs.c
+++ b/src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/src/oob_cofs.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ mca_oob_cofs_recv_nb(lam_job_handle_t job_handle, int* tag, int* vpid,
 
 int
 mca_oob_cofs_recv_cb(lam_job_handle_t job_handle, int tag, 
-                     mca_oob_recv_cb_t callback)
+                     mca_oob_base_recv_cb_t callback)
 {
   return LAM_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED;
 }
diff --git a/src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/src/oob_cofs.h b/src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/src/oob_cofs.h
index 701871d4d6..5b2bd7ab0a 100644
--- a/src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/src/oob_cofs.h
+++ b/src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/src/oob_cofs.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ int mca_oob_cofs_close(void);
  * Startup / Shutdown
  */
 int mca_oob_cofs_query(int *priority);
-struct mca_oob_1_0_0* mca_oob_cofs_init(void);
+struct mca_oob_1_0_0_t* mca_oob_cofs_init(void);
 int mca_oob_cofs_finalize(void);
 
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ int mca_oob_cofs_recv(lam_job_handle_t job_handle, int* tag, int* vpid,
 int mca_oob_cofs_recv_nb(lam_job_handle_t job_handle, int* tag, int* vpid, 
                          void** data, size_t* data_len);
 int mca_oob_cofs_recv_cb(lam_job_handle_t job_handle, int tag, 
-                         mca_oob_recv_cb_t callback);
+                         mca_oob_base_recv_cb_t callback);
 
 
 extern char mca_oob_cofs_comm_loc[LAM_PATH_MAX]; /* location for file drop-off */
diff --git a/src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/src/oob_cofs_module.c b/src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/src/oob_cofs_module.c
index 60f06e5bdd..e4cd664dbc 100644
--- a/src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/src/oob_cofs_module.c
+++ b/src/mca/lam/oob/cofs/src/oob_cofs_module.c
@@ -19,22 +19,19 @@
 /*
  * Struct of function pointers and all that to let us be initialized
  */
-mca_oob_module_1_0_0_t mca_oob_cofs_module_1_0_0_0 = {
+mca_oob_base_module_1_0_0_t mca_oob_cofs_module = {
   {
-    1,  /* MCA major version */
-    0,  /* MCA minor version */
-    0,  /* MCA release version */
-    "OOB", /* MCA type name */
-    1,  /* MCA type major version */
-    0,  /* MCA type minor version */
-    0,  /* MCA type release version */
-    "COFS", /* MCA module name */
+    MCA_OOB_BASE_VERSION_1_0_0,
+
+    "cofs", /* MCA module name */
     1,  /* MCA module major version */
     0,  /* MCA module minor version */
     0,  /* MCA module release version */
     mca_oob_cofs_open,  /* module open */
-    mca_oob_cofs_close, /* module close */
-    false   /* MCA module is not checkpointable */
+    mca_oob_cofs_close /* module close */
+  },
+  {
+    false /* checkpoint / restart */
   },
   mca_oob_cofs_query,  /* module query */
   mca_oob_cofs_init,    /* module init */
@@ -74,7 +71,7 @@ mca_oob_cofs_query(int *priority)
 }
 
 
-struct mca_oob_1_0_0*
+struct mca_oob_1_0_0_t*
 mca_oob_cofs_init(void)
 {
   char *tmp;
diff --git a/src/mca/lam/oob/oob.h b/src/mca/lam/oob/oob.h
index 21825684b7..29d529ad62 100644
--- a/src/mca/lam/oob/oob.h
+++ b/src/mca/lam/oob/oob.h
@@ -42,53 +42,64 @@
  */
 
   /* "Special" tags */
-#define MCA_OOB_ANY_TAG  -1
+#define MCA_OOB_ANY_TAG      -1
 #define MCA_OOB_REGISTRY_TAG -2
 
   /* "Special" vpids */
-#define MCA_OOB_MPIRUN  -1
+#define MCA_OOB_MPIRUN       -1
 
-typedef void (*mca_oob_recv_cb_t)(lam_job_handle_t job_handle, int tag, 
-                                  int vpid, void* data, size_t data_len, int status);
+typedef void (*mca_oob_base_recv_cb_t)(lam_job_handle_t job_handle, int tag, 
+                                       int vpid, void* data, size_t data_len, int status);
 
 
 /*
  * Functions every module instance will have to provide
  */
-typedef int (*mca_oob_query_fn_t)(int *priority);
-typedef struct mca_oob_1_0_0* (*mca_oob_init_fn_t)(void);
-typedef int (*mca_oob_send_fn_t)(lam_job_handle_t job_handle, int vpid, int tag, 
-                                 void* data, size_t data_len);
-typedef int (*mca_oob_recv_fn_t)(lam_job_handle_t job_handle, int* tag, int* vpid, 
-                                 void** data, size_t* data_len);
-typedef int (*mca_oob_recv_nb_fn_t)(lam_job_handle_t job_handle, int* tag, int* vpid, 
-                                    void** data, size_t* data_len);
-typedef int (*mca_oob_recv_cb_fn_t)(lam_job_handle_t job_handle, int tag, 
-                                    mca_oob_recv_cb_t callback);
-typedef int (*mca_oob_finalize_fn_t)(void);
+typedef int (*mca_oob_base_query_fn_t)(int *priority);
+typedef struct mca_oob_1_0_0_t* (*mca_oob_base_init_fn_t)(void);
+typedef int (*mca_oob_base_send_fn_t)(lam_job_handle_t job_handle, int vpid, int tag, 
+                                      void* data, size_t data_len);
+typedef int (*mca_oob_base_recv_fn_t)(lam_job_handle_t job_handle, int* tag, int* vpid, 
+                                      void** data, size_t* data_len);
+typedef int (*mca_oob_base_recv_nb_fn_t)(lam_job_handle_t job_handle, int* tag, int* vpid, 
+                                         void** data, size_t* data_len);
+typedef int (*mca_oob_base_recv_cb_fn_t)(lam_job_handle_t job_handle, int tag, 
+                                         mca_oob_base_recv_cb_t callback);
+typedef int (*mca_oob_base_finalize_fn_t)(void);
 
 
 /*
  * Ver 1.0.0
  */
-struct mca_oob_module_1_0_0_t {
-  mca_module_1_0_0_t super;
+struct mca_oob_base_module_1_0_0_t {
+  mca_base_module_t oobm_version;
+  mca_base_module_data_1_0_0_t oobm_data;
 
-  mca_oob_query_fn_t oobm_query;
-  mca_oob_init_fn_t oobm_init;
-  mca_oob_finalize_fn_t oob_finalize;
+  mca_oob_base_query_fn_t oobm_query;
+  mca_oob_base_init_fn_t oobm_init;
+  mca_oob_base_finalize_fn_t oob_finalize;
 };
-typedef struct mca_oob_module_1_0_0_t mca_oob_module_1_0_0_t;
+typedef struct mca_oob_base_module_1_0_0_t mca_oob_base_module_1_0_0_t;
 
 struct mca_oob_1_0_0_t {
-  mca_oob_send_fn_t oob_send;
-  mca_oob_recv_fn_t oob_recv;
-  mca_oob_recv_nb_fn_t oob_recv_nb;
-  mca_oob_recv_cb_fn_t oob_recv_cb;
+  mca_oob_base_send_fn_t oob_send;
+  mca_oob_base_recv_fn_t oob_recv;
+  mca_oob_base_recv_nb_fn_t oob_recv_nb;
+  mca_oob_base_recv_cb_fn_t oob_recv_cb;
 };
 typedef struct mca_oob_1_0_0_t mca_oob_1_0_0_t;
 
-typedef mca_oob_module_1_0_0_t mca_oob_module_t;
+/*
+ * Macro for use in modules that are of type coll v1.0.0
+ */
+#define MCA_OOB_BASE_VERSION_1_0_0 \
+  /* oob v1.0 is chained to MCA v1.0 */ \
+  MCA_BASE_VERSION_1_0_0, \
+  /* oob v1.0 */ \
+  "oob", 1, 0, 0
+
+
+typedef mca_oob_base_module_1_0_0_t mca_oob_base_module_t;
 typedef mca_oob_1_0_0_t mca_oob_t;
 
 
diff --git a/test/unit/lam/oob_cofs/.cvsignore b/test/unit/lam/oob_cofs/.cvsignore
index 88fbe48c69..b0560e60c0 100644
--- a/test/unit/lam/oob_cofs/.cvsignore
+++ b/test/unit/lam/oob_cofs/.cvsignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ Makefile
 .deps
 .libs
 .gdb_history
+oob_cofs_test
diff --git a/test/unit/lam/oob_cofs/oob_cofs_test.c b/test/unit/lam/oob_cofs/oob_cofs_test.c
index ab681990e5..9b383871f3 100644
--- a/test/unit/lam/oob_cofs/oob_cofs_test.c
+++ b/test/unit/lam/oob_cofs/oob_cofs_test.c
@@ -49,9 +49,10 @@ main(int argc, char* argv[])
     exit(1);
   }
 
-  printf("#\n# Sending Messages\n#\n");
+  printf("#\n# Sending Messages\n#\n\n");
   for (msg_count = 0 ; msg_count < 20 ; ++msg_count) {
     sprintf(buffer, "%s's message number %d\n", argv[1], msg_count);
+    printf("%d %d: %s\n", target_vpid, 1, buffer);
     ret = mca_oob_cofs_send("foobar", target_vpid, 1, buffer, strlen(buffer) + 1);
     if (ret != LAM_SUCCESS) {
       printf("mca_oob_cofs_send failed on msg_count %d\n", msg_count);
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ main(int argc, char* argv[])
     }
   }
 
-  printf("#\n# Receiving Messages\n#\n");
+  printf("#\n# Receiving Messages\n#\n\n");
   for (msg_count = 0 ; msg_count < 20 ; ++msg_count) {
     source_tag = 1;
     ret = mca_oob_cofs_recv("foobar", &source_tag, &source_vpid, (void**) &source_data, &source_len);
@@ -71,6 +72,6 @@ main(int argc, char* argv[])
     free(source_data);
   }
 
-  printf("#\n# Finished\n#\n");
+  printf("#\n# Finished\n#\n\n");
   return 0;
 }