Re: [PATCH v6 0/9] HID: steelseries: split out Arctis driver and add Nova 5X/Nova 7 support

Jiri Kosina <[email protected]> Mon, 3 Aug 2026 20:59:20 +0200 (CEST)
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-input,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Wed, 8 Jul 2026, Sriman Achanta wrote:

> From: Sriman Achanta <[email protected]>
> 
> This series moves the SteelSeries Arctis headset support out of
> hid-steelseries.c into its own module, reworks it around a per-model
> device_info table, hardens the battery power-supply lifetime, adds an
> asynchronous status interface, and finally adds support for the Arctis
> Nova 5X and Nova 7 families. After the split, hid-steelseries.c is left
> handling only the SRW-S1 racing wheel.
> 
> Changes since v5:
>  - Nova: rename the Gen2-only parse function and device_info to
>    steelseries_arctis_nova_{parse_status,info} now that they are also
>    used by the Nova 5X and the 2026 refresh, not just Gen2.
>  - Nova: add device IDs and a device_info for the original (pre-Gen2)
>    Arctis Nova 7 family. It answers the same 0xb0/0xb7/0xb9/0xbb status
>    opcodes on the same interfaces as Gen2, but reports battery capacity
>    as a discrete 0-4 level rather than a raw percentage, so it gets its
>    own parse function that maps the level through
>    steelseries_map_capacity() instead of using it directly.
>  - Nova: add the Arctis Nova 5X, which shares the Gen2/2026 protocol.
>  - hid-ids.h: fix a whitespace-only bug where the new Nova 5X macro was
>    space-aligned instead of tab-aligned.
>  - Rebased on current master.
> 
> The Nova 5X protocol was verified against hardware by
> [email protected], and the original Nova 7 protocol was verified
> against hardware by [email protected]. Thanks to both for testing. I
> previously ommited other devices in the v4 patch series due to being
> unable to verify.
> 
> Sriman Achanta (9):
>   HID: steelseries: Fix ARCTIS_1_X device mislabeling
>   HID: steelseries: Split Arctis headset driver into separate module
>   HID: steelseries: Inline and simplify SRWS1 wheel driver
>   HID: steelseries: Refactor Arctis driver to use device_info framework
>   HID: steelseries: Report POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS_FULL when full
>   HID: steelseries: Correct Arctis 9 battery calibration range
>   HID: steelseries: Manage battery lifetime with refcounting
>   HID: steelseries: Add async status interface support
>   HID: steelseries: Add support for Arctis Nova 5X and Nova 7 families

Thanks for the series.

It however has quite a few conflicts when applying on top of 
hid.git#for-7.3/steelseries.

Could you please look into it, rebase and resend?

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs