diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/default.nix
index b643d88a3a9f..9b12bc9a2f6d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 args: with args; 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "guile-1.6.7";
+  name = "guile-1.8.3";
   src = fetchurl {
-		url = ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guile/guile-1.8.2.tar.gz;
-		sha256 = "03kn1ia4s7l24zl2sfbrns6fs3nc9cw2pzsqx8y7wwr80b1nfxhz";
+		url = ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guile/guile-1.8.3.tar.gz;
+		sha256 = "2ab59099cf2d46f57cf5421c9b84aa85f61961640046e8066c6b321257517796";
 	};
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [readline libtool gmp];
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sdparm/1.02.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sdparm/1.02.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0616ac83563b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sdparm/1.02.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+args : with args;
+	with builderDefs {
+		src = /* put a fetchurl here */
+		fetchurl {
+			url = http://sg.torque.net/sg/p/sdparm-1.02.tgz;
+			sha256 = "13acyg6r65gypdprjhfkmvaykgfcj1riwpnycpvv9znzgq9fxsiv";
+		};
+
+		buildInputs = [];
+		configureFlags = [];
+	} null; /* null is a terminator for sumArgs */
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+	name = "sdparm-"+version;
+	builder = writeScript (name + "-builder")
+		(textClosure [doConfigure doMakeInstall doForceShare doPropagate]);
+	meta = {
+		description = "
+	SCSI parameters utility.
+";
+	};
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1b38967d689a..bd1e7673d8b7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3466,6 +3466,14 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
+  sdparmFun = lib.sumArgs (selectVersion ../os-specific/linux/sdparm) {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv builderDefs;
+  };
+
+  sdparm = sdparmFun {
+    version = "1.02";
+  } null;
+ 
   shadowutils = import ../os-specific/linux/shadow {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };