What does this line mean in my tape status on my linux system?

Question

mt -f /dev/st0 status

SCSI 2 tape drive:

File number=0, block number=0, partition=0.

Tape block size 512 bytes. Density code 0x30 (AIT-1 or MLR3).

Soft error count since last status=0 <---------------------

General status bits on (41010000):

BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN

I have a script that grabs errors and reports them through our email server and the only error it is sending back is this line so I'm curious on what it is.

Answer 1

Look at this:

Extracted from this manual

Anyway, this question is not for this forum. This is for development. Your question should be answered with more accuracy on Super User or any other.