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+/* -*- Mode: C; c-basic-offset:4 ; indent-tabs-mode:nil -*- */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2010 The Trustees of Indiana University and Indiana
+ *                         University Research and Technology
+ *                         Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2006 The University of Tennessee and The University
+ *                         of Tennessee Research Foundation.  All rights
+ *                         reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2007 High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart,
+ *                         University of Stuttgart.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Regents of the University of California.
+ *                         All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2007-2012 Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2011-2012 University of Houston. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2010-2013 Los Alamos National Security, LLC.
+ *                         All rights reserved.
+ * $COPYRIGHT$
+ *
+ * Additional copyrights may follow
+ *
+ * $HEADER$
+ */
+
+#include "ompi_config.h"
+
+#include "ompi/include/ompi/constants.h"
+#include "ompi/include/ompi/frameworks.h"
+
+#include "ompi/runtime/params.h"
+
+#include "opal/runtime/opal_info_support.h"
+#include "ompi/runtime/ompi_info_support.h"
+#include "opal/util/show_help.h"
+
+#if OMPI_RTE_ORTE
+#include "orte/runtime/orte_info_support.h"
+#endif
+
+static bool ompi_info_registered = false;
+
+int ompi_info_register_framework_params(opal_pointer_array_t *component_map)
+{
+    int rc;
+
+    if (ompi_info_registered) {
+        return OMPI_SUCCESS;
+    }
+
+    ompi_info_registered = true;
+
+    rc = opal_info_register_framework_params(component_map);
+    if (ORTE_SUCCESS != rc) {
+        return rc;
+    }
+
+    /* Register the MPI layer's MCA parameters */
+    if (OMPI_SUCCESS != (rc = ompi_mpi_register_params())) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "ompi_info_register: ompi_mpi_register_params failed\n");
+        return rc;
+    }
+
+#if OMPI_RTE_ORTE
+    rc = orte_info_register_framework_params(component_map);
+    if (ORTE_SUCCESS != rc) {
+        return rc;
+    }
+#endif
+
+    return opal_info_register_project_frameworks("ompi", ompi_frameworks, component_map);
+}