diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig b/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig
index 9be8e17..6a9ac75 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig
@@ -802,6 +802,15 @@
 	  This driver can also be built as a module.  If so, the module
 	  will be called ads7828.
 
+config SENSORS_ADS7871
+	tristate "Texas Instruments ADS7871 A/D converter"
+	depends on SPI
+	help
+	  If you say yes here you get support for TI ADS7871 & ADS7870
+
+	  This driver can also be built as a module.  If so, the module
+	  will be called ads7871.
+
 config SENSORS_AMC6821
 	tristate "Texas Instruments AMC6821"
 	depends on I2C  && EXPERIMENTAL
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/Makefile b/drivers/hwmon/Makefile
index 4aa1a3d..86920fb 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/Makefile
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_SENSORS_ADM1031)	+= adm1031.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SENSORS_ADM9240)	+= adm9240.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SENSORS_ADS7828)	+= ads7828.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SENSORS_ADS7871)	+= ads7871.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SENSORS_ADT7411)	+= adt7411.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SENSORS_ADT7462)	+= adt7462.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SENSORS_ADT7470)	+= adt7470.o
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/ads7871.c b/drivers/hwmon/ads7871.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b300a20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/ads7871.c
@@ -0,0 +1,253 @@
+/*
+ *  ads7871 - driver for TI ADS7871 A/D converter
+ *
+ *  Copyright (c) 2010 Paul Thomas <pthomas8589@gmail.com>
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or
+ *  later as publishhed by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ *	You need to have something like this in struct spi_board_info
+ *	{
+ *		.modalias	= "ads7871",
+ *		.max_speed_hz	= 2*1000*1000,
+ *		.chip_select	= 0,
+ *		.bus_num	= 1,
+ *	},
+ */
+
+/*From figure 18 in the datasheet*/
+/*Register addresses*/
+#define REG_LS_BYTE	0 /*A/D Output Data, LS Byte*/
+#define REG_MS_BYTE	1 /*A/D Output Data, MS Byte*/
+#define REG_PGA_VALID	2 /*PGA Valid Register*/
+#define REG_AD_CONTROL	3 /*A/D Control Register*/
+#define REG_GAIN_MUX	4 /*Gain/Mux Register*/
+#define REG_IO_STATE	5 /*Digital I/O State Register*/
+#define REG_IO_CONTROL	6 /*Digital I/O Control Register*/
+#define REG_OSC_CONTROL	7 /*Rev/Oscillator Control Register*/
+#define REG_SER_CONTROL 24 /*Serial Interface Control Register*/
+#define REG_ID		31 /*ID Register*/
+
+/*From figure 17 in the datasheet
+* These bits get ORed with the address to form
+* the instruction byte */
+/*Instruction Bit masks*/
+#define INST_MODE_bm	(1<<7)
+#define INST_READ_bm	(1<<6)
+#define INST_16BIT_bm	(1<<5)
+
+/*From figure 18 in the datasheet*/
+/*bit masks for Rev/Oscillator Control Register*/
+#define MUX_CNV_bv	7
+#define MUX_CNV_bm	(1<<MUX_CNV_bv)
+#define MUX_M3_bm	(1<<3) /*M3 selects single ended*/
+#define MUX_G_bv	4 /*allows for reg = (gain << MUX_G_bv) | ...*/
+
+/*From figure 18 in the datasheet*/
+/*bit masks for Rev/Oscillator Control Register*/
+#define OSC_OSCR_bm	(1<<5)
+#define OSC_OSCE_bm	(1<<4)
+#define OSC_REFE_bm	(1<<3)
+#define OSC_BUFE_bm	(1<<2)
+#define OSC_R2V_bm	(1<<1)
+#define OSC_RBG_bm	(1<<0)
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/spi/spi.h>
+#include <linux/hwmon.h>
+#include <linux/hwmon-sysfs.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
+
+#define DEVICE_NAME	"ads7871"
+
+struct ads7871_data {
+	struct device	*hwmon_dev;
+	struct mutex	update_lock;
+};
+
+static int ads7871_read_reg8(struct spi_device *spi, int reg)
+{
+	int ret;
+	reg = reg | INST_READ_bm;
+	ret = spi_w8r8(spi, reg);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ads7871_read_reg16(struct spi_device *spi, int reg)
+{
+	int ret;
+	reg = reg | INST_READ_bm | INST_16BIT_bm;
+	ret = spi_w8r16(spi, reg);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ads7871_write_reg8(struct spi_device *spi, int reg, u8 val)
+{
+	u8 tmp[2] = {reg, val};
+	return spi_write(spi, tmp, sizeof(tmp));
+}
+
+static ssize_t show_voltage(struct device *dev,
+		struct device_attribute *da, char *buf)
+{
+	struct spi_device *spi = to_spi_device(dev);
+	struct sensor_device_attribute *attr = to_sensor_dev_attr(da);
+	int ret, val, i = 0;
+	uint8_t channel, mux_cnv;
+
+	channel = attr->index;
+	/*TODO: add support for conversions
+	 *other than single ended with a gain of 1*/
+	/*MUX_M3_bm forces single ended*/
+	/*This is also where the gain of the PGA would be set*/
+	ads7871_write_reg8(spi, REG_GAIN_MUX,
+		(MUX_CNV_bm | MUX_M3_bm | channel));
+
+	ret = ads7871_read_reg8(spi, REG_GAIN_MUX);
+	mux_cnv = ((ret & MUX_CNV_bm)>>MUX_CNV_bv);
+	/*on 400MHz arm9 platform the conversion
+	 *is already done when we do this test*/
+	while ((i < 2) && mux_cnv) {
+		i++;
+		ret = ads7871_read_reg8(spi, REG_GAIN_MUX);
+		mux_cnv = ((ret & MUX_CNV_bm)>>MUX_CNV_bv);
+		msleep_interruptible(1);
+	}
+
+	if (mux_cnv == 0) {
+		val = ads7871_read_reg16(spi, REG_LS_BYTE);
+		/*result in volts*10000 = (val/8192)*2.5*10000*/
+		val = ((val>>2) * 25000) / 8192;
+		return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", val);
+	} else {
+		return -1;
+	}
+}
+
+static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR(in0_input, S_IRUGO, show_voltage, NULL, 0);
+static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR(in1_input, S_IRUGO, show_voltage, NULL, 1);
+static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR(in2_input, S_IRUGO, show_voltage, NULL, 2);
+static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR(in3_input, S_IRUGO, show_voltage, NULL, 3);
+static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR(in4_input, S_IRUGO, show_voltage, NULL, 4);
+static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR(in5_input, S_IRUGO, show_voltage, NULL, 5);
+static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR(in6_input, S_IRUGO, show_voltage, NULL, 6);
+static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR(in7_input, S_IRUGO, show_voltage, NULL, 7);
+
+static struct attribute *ads7871_attributes[] = {
+	&sensor_dev_attr_in0_input.dev_attr.attr,
+	&sensor_dev_attr_in1_input.dev_attr.attr,
+	&sensor_dev_attr_in2_input.dev_attr.attr,
+	&sensor_dev_attr_in3_input.dev_attr.attr,
+	&sensor_dev_attr_in4_input.dev_attr.attr,
+	&sensor_dev_attr_in5_input.dev_attr.attr,
+	&sensor_dev_attr_in6_input.dev_attr.attr,
+	&sensor_dev_attr_in7_input.dev_attr.attr,
+	NULL
+};
+
+static const struct attribute_group ads7871_group = {
+	.attrs = ads7871_attributes,
+};
+
+static int __devinit ads7871_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
+{
+	int status, ret, err = 0;
+	uint8_t val;
+	struct ads7871_data *pdata;
+
+	dev_dbg(&spi->dev, "probe\n");
+
+	pdata = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ads7871_data), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!pdata) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto exit;
+	}
+
+	status = sysfs_create_group(&spi->dev.kobj, &ads7871_group);
+	if (status < 0)
+		goto error_free;
+
+	pdata->hwmon_dev = hwmon_device_register(&spi->dev);
+	if (IS_ERR(pdata->hwmon_dev)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(pdata->hwmon_dev);
+		goto error_remove;
+	}
+
+	spi_set_drvdata(spi, pdata);
+
+	/* Configure the SPI bus */
+	spi->mode = (SPI_MODE_0);
+	spi->bits_per_word = 8;
+	spi_setup(spi);
+
+	ads7871_write_reg8(spi, REG_SER_CONTROL, 0);
+	ads7871_write_reg8(spi, REG_AD_CONTROL, 0);
+
+	val = (OSC_OSCR_bm | OSC_OSCE_bm | OSC_REFE_bm | OSC_BUFE_bm);
+	ads7871_write_reg8(spi, REG_OSC_CONTROL, val);
+	ret = ads7871_read_reg8(spi, REG_OSC_CONTROL);
+
+	dev_dbg(&spi->dev, "REG_OSC_CONTROL write:%x, read:%x\n", val, ret);
+	/*because there is no other error checking on an SPI bus
+	we need to make sure we really have a chip*/
+	if (val != ret) {
+		err = -ENODEV;
+		goto error_remove;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+
+error_remove:
+	sysfs_remove_group(&spi->dev.kobj, &ads7871_group);
+error_free:
+	kfree(pdata);
+exit:
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int __devexit ads7871_remove(struct spi_device *spi)
+{
+	struct ads7871_data *pdata = spi_get_drvdata(spi);
+
+	hwmon_device_unregister(pdata->hwmon_dev);
+	sysfs_remove_group(&spi->dev.kobj, &ads7871_group);
+	kfree(pdata);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct spi_driver ads7871_driver = {
+	.driver = {
+		.name = DEVICE_NAME,
+		.bus = &spi_bus_type,
+		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
+	},
+
+	.probe = ads7871_probe,
+	.remove = __devexit_p(ads7871_remove),
+};
+
+static int __init ads7871_init(void)
+{
+	return spi_register_driver(&ads7871_driver);
+}
+
+static void __exit ads7871_exit(void)
+{
+	spi_unregister_driver(&ads7871_driver);
+}
+
+module_init(ads7871_init);
+module_exit(ads7871_exit);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Paul Thomas <pthomas8589@gmail.com>");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("TI ADS7871 A/D driver");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");