sector size in block device drivers

[nidhi mittal <nidhimittal19@xxxxxxxxx>]

hello

i was writing my initial block device driver following LDD

but was totally confused on KERNEL SECTOR SIZE and hardware sector size issue they discussed in that .

 

they write sth like

if sector number passed between kernel and block layer it should be something and

if its passed between blocklayer and driver it should be something else.

 

means at different place some confusing note abt sector size

can someone clear it to me in simple 2-3 sentences

 

At what places , in which function i shd consider sending sector size with a thought that

at this place it understand sector= 512 bytes

and

At what places , in which function i shd consider sending sector size as my hardware sector size

in thinking that it understand 2048 bytes ...

 

and

most important

in book they write

 

blk_queue_hardsect_size(request_queue_t *queue , unsigned short max );

"All the communication from block layer and driver is in 512 bytes but all request generated by kernel are multiple of 

hardware sect size and properly aligned "

 

so i wanted to know where actually is block layer and where is driver  

where are they separated how do i know when i m going from block layer to driver ....

what i understand is ONLY user space and kernel space

 

it will be very kind if someone clears it to me.

thanks

Nidhi

 

 

Thanks & Regards
Nidhi