This patch fixes the md plug-in so that it will set the desired parity algorithm in the superblock for the RAID5 array. Previously it always set the algorithm to 0, i.e., left asymmetric. --- evms-2.5.5/plugins/md/raid5_mgr.c 2006-02-22 10:05:17.000000000 -0600 +++ evms-2.5.5-fix/plugins/md/raid5_mgr.c 2006-06-08 13:59:56.648351368 -0500 @@ -1932,7 +1932,7 @@ } } - rc = md_init_sb(volume, &sb_ver, raid_level, 0, size, chunksize); + rc = md_init_sb(volume, &sb_ver, raid_level, parity_algorithm, size, chunksize); if (rc) { goto error_free; }