paravirt-ops support Redhat 5.1

Does anyone know if Redhat 5.1(kernel-2.6.18-53.el5) has the VMI
inteface support. VMI, courtesy of VmWare, was intergrated into
2.6.21. If not is there a patch? I tried through Redhat.com and don't
seem to be getting anywhere. Well unless you consider going in circles
getting somewhere.<grin>

What I would like to do is use a Hypervisor other than what Xen or
VmWare provides. The Virtual Memory Interface is suppose to
accommodate 3-rd party HyperVisors. If you have used VMI I'd
appreciate insights.

--thanks
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