diff --git a/hdparm-7.6-nostrip.patch b/hdparm-7.6-nostrip.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 77611f6..0000000
--- a/hdparm-7.6-nostrip.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
---- hdparm-7.6/Makefile.nostrip	2007-07-10 12:28:33.000000000 +0200
-+++ hdparm-7.6/Makefile	2007-07-10 12:28:53.000000000 +0200
-@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ endif
- 
- CFLAGS := -O2 -W -Wall -Wbad-function-cast -Wcast-align -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-qual -Wshadow -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -fkeep-inline-functions -Wwrite-strings -Waggregate-return -Wnested-externs -Wtrigraphs $(CFLAGS)
- 
--LDFLAGS = -s
-+LDFLAGS =
- INSTALL = install
- INSTALL_DATA = $(INSTALL) -m 644
- INSTALL_DIR = $(INSTALL) -m 755 -d
-@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ all: hdparm
- 
- hdparm: hdparm.h $(OBJS)
- 	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o hdparm $(OBJS)
--	strip hdparm
-+#	strip hdparm
-  
- install: all hdparm.8
- 	if [ ! -z $(DESTDIR) ]; then $(INSTALL_DIR) $(DESTDIR) ; fi
diff --git a/hdparm-8.1-nostrip.patch b/hdparm-8.1-nostrip.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e1eb6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hdparm-8.1-nostrip.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -up hdparm-8.1/Makefile.nostrip hdparm-8.1/Makefile
+--- hdparm-8.1/Makefile.nostrip	2008-02-18 17:30:51.000000000 +0100
++++ hdparm-8.1/Makefile	2008-02-18 17:31:00.000000000 +0100
+@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ OBJS = hdparm.o identify.o sgio.o
+ 
+ hdparm: hdparm.h sgio.h $(OBJS)
+ 	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o hdparm $(OBJS)
+-	strip hdparm
++#	strip hdparm
+ 
+ sgio.o:	sgio.h
+ 
diff --git a/hdparm.spec b/hdparm.spec
index 62930d5..26313f0 100644
--- a/hdparm.spec
+++ b/hdparm.spec
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 Summary: A utility for displaying and/or setting hard disk parameters
 Name: hdparm
-Version: 7.7
+Version: 8.1
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 License: BSD
 Group: Applications/System
 URL:    http://sourceforge.net/projects/hdparm/
 Source: http://hdparm.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/hdparm/hdparm-%{version}.tar.gz
-Patch0: hdparm-7.6-nostrip.patch
+Patch0: hdparm-8.1-nostrip.patch
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 ExcludeArch: s390 s390x
 
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_mandir}/man8/hdparm.8*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Feb 18 2008 Karsten Hopp <karsten@redhat.com> 8.1-1
+- update to 8.1
+
 * Fri Aug 24 2007 Karsten Hopp <karsten@redhat.com> 7.7-1
 - update to 7.7
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 5966446..6bbb160 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0d96f03155fe5c119ca338a51ad1eaa7  hdparm-7.7.tar.gz
+87c1512497195204034503665f71f5fc  hdparm-8.1.tar.gz