Rafael, > To resolve this, the "ST_NO_TAPE" status should take priority when the > drive is empty, allowing communication with the drive following a > power-on reset. At the same time, the change should continue to > protect data by maintaining the "pos_unknown" flag when the drive > contains a tape and its position is unknown. Applied to 6.12/scsi-staging, thanks! -- Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering