MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, tmp421_of_match);
 
 struct tmp421_channel {
+       const char *label;
        s16 temp;
 };
 
 
 }
 
+static int tmp421_read_string(struct device *dev, enum hwmon_sensor_types type,
+                            u32 attr, int channel, const char **str)
+{
+       struct tmp421_data *data = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+
+       *str = data->channel[channel].label;
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
 static umode_t tmp421_is_visible(const void *data, enum hwmon_sensor_types type,
                                 u32 attr, int channel)
 {
        case hwmon_temp_fault:
        case hwmon_temp_input:
                return 0444;
+       case hwmon_temp_label:
+               return 0444;
        default:
                return 0;
        }
        return 0;
 }
 
+static int tmp421_probe_child_from_dt(struct i2c_client *client,
+                                     struct device_node *child,
+                                     struct tmp421_data *data)
+
+{
+       struct device *dev = &client->dev;
+       u32 i;
+       int err;
+
+       err = of_property_read_u32(child, "reg", &i);
+       if (err) {
+               dev_err(dev, "missing reg property of %pOFn\n", child);
+               return err;
+       }
+
+       if (i >= data->channels) {
+               dev_err(dev, "invalid reg %d of %pOFn\n", i, child);
+               return -EINVAL;
+       }
+
+       of_property_read_string(child, "label", &data->channel[i].label);
+       if (data->channel[i].label)
+               data->temp_config[i] |= HWMON_T_LABEL;
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
+static int tmp421_probe_from_dt(struct i2c_client *client, struct tmp421_data *data)
+{
+       struct device *dev = &client->dev;
+       const struct device_node *np = dev->of_node;
+       struct device_node *child;
+       int err;
+
+       for_each_child_of_node(np, child) {
+               err = tmp421_probe_child_from_dt(client, child, data);
+               if (err)
+                       return err;
+       }
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
 static const struct hwmon_ops tmp421_ops = {
        .is_visible = tmp421_is_visible,
        .read = tmp421_read,
+       .read_string = tmp421_read_string,
 };
 
 static int tmp421_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
        for (i = 0; i < data->channels; i++)
                data->temp_config[i] = HWMON_T_INPUT | HWMON_T_FAULT;
 
+       err = tmp421_probe_from_dt(client, data);
+       if (err)
+               return err;
+
        data->chip.ops = &tmp421_ops;
        data->chip.info = data->info;