[Xen-devel] help to understand is_running _on_xen ?

["Gautham Kampalapur Shankar, TLS, Chennai" <gauthamk@xxxxxx>]

   I don't  understand why we check this condition is_running_on_xen  ?In all drivers(front & back) code we are checking this condition ?what is this function stands for ? what it does ?

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