Re: [PATCH v5 0/9] HID: steelseries: split out Arctis driver and add Nova 7 Gen2 support

[Colin Blower]

I can help test two other SteelSeries Arctis devices, the Nova 7
(0x2202) and Nova 7X (0x2206). I know support was dropped between
v3 and v4.

Link:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260623172310.272708-1-srimanachanta@xxxxxxxxx/#t
On Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:23:00 -0400, Sriman Achanta wrote:
> Changes since v3:
...
> - Limit new device support to the Arctis Nova 7 Gen2 family, the only
>   hardware I can test.

I patched back in Nova 7X (0x2206) support locally (Archlinux 6.18.37-1-
lts) and it reports battery status with no obvious issues. I only
tested basic audio out and report of battery status via dongle. I'm
not sure what a complete test matrix would look like. I did not test
Nova 7 (0x2202).

Here is my patch on top of v5 in case it is relevant, but this is mostly
from what was dropped in v3. Not meant to be a clean submission, happy
to send a proper formatted patch if useful.
---
 drivers/hid/hid-ids.h                |  1 +
 drivers/hid/hid-quirks.c             |  1 +
 drivers/hid/hid-steelseries-arctis.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-ids.h b/drivers/hid/hid-ids.h
index 4856469da073..e5faaeb67c92 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-ids.h
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-ids.h
@@ -1320,6 +1320,7 @@
 #define USB_DEVICE_ID_STEELSERIES_SRWS1        0x1410
 #define USB_DEVICE_ID_STEELSERIES_ARCTIS_1_X   0x12b6
 #define USB_DEVICE_ID_STEELSERIES_ARCTIS_9     0x12c2
+#define USB_DEVICE_ID_STEELSERIES_ARCTIS_NOVA_7_X      0x2206
 #define USB_DEVICE_ID_STEELSERIES_ARCTIS_NOVA_7_2026   0x22a1
 #define USB_DEVICE_ID_STEELSERIES_ARCTIS_NOVA_7_P_2026 0x22a7
 #define USB_DEVICE_ID_STEELSERIES_ARCTIS_NOVA_7_X_2026 0x22a5
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-quirks.c b/drivers/hid/hid-quirks.c
index 23f3590a83ab..57c72a6c29f3 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-quirks.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-quirks.c
@@ -716,6 +716,7 @@ static const struct hid_device_id hid_have_special_driver[] = {
        { HID_USB_DEVICE(USB_VENDOR_ID_STEELSERIES, USB_DEVICE_ID_STEELSERIES_SRWS1) },
        { HID_USB_DEVICE(USB_VENDOR_ID_STEELSERIES, USB_DEVICE_ID_STEELSERIES_ARCTIS_1_X) },
        { HID_USB_DEVICE(USB_VENDOR_ID_STEELSERIES, USB_DEVICE_ID_STEELSERIES_ARCTIS_9) },
+       { HID_USB_DEVICE(USB_VENDOR_ID_STEELSERIES, USB_DEVICE_ID_STEELSERIES_ARCTIS_NOVA_7_X) },
        { HID_USB_DEVICE(USB_VENDOR_ID_STEELSERIES, USB_DEVICE_ID_STEELSERIES_ARCTIS_NOVA_7_2026) },
        { HID_USB_DEVICE(USB_VENDOR_ID_STEELSERIES, USB_DEVICE_ID_STEELSERIES_ARCTIS_NOVA_7_P_2026) },
        { HID_USB_DEVICE(USB_VENDOR_ID_STEELSERIES, USB_DEVICE_ID_STEELSERIES_ARCTIS_NOVA_7_X_2026) },
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-steelseries-arctis.c b/drivers/hid/hid-steelseries-arctis.c
index 31d31f3f4b0e..e5070b28018b 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-steelseries-arctis.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-steelseries-arctis.c
@@ -168,6 +168,16 @@ static void steelseries_arctis_9_parse_status(struct steelseries_device *sd,
                sd->battery_charging = false;
        }
 }
+static void steelseries_arctis_nova_7_parse_status(struct steelseries_device *sd, u8 *data, int size)
+{
+       if (size < 4)
+               return;
+       if (data[0] == 0xb0) {
+               sd->headset_connected = (data[1] == 0x03);
+               sd->battery_capacity = steelseries_map_capacity(data[2], 0x00, 0x04);
+               sd->battery_charging = (data[3] == 0x01);
+       }
+}

 static void steelseries_arctis_nova_7_gen2_parse_status(struct steelseries_device *sd,
                                                        u8 *data, int size)
@@ -219,6 +229,13 @@ static const struct steelseries_device_info arctis_nova_7_gen2_info = {
        .parse_status = steelseries_arctis_nova_7_gen2_parse_status,
 };

+static const struct steelseries_device_info arctis_nova_7_info = {
+       .sync_interface = 3,
+       .capabilities = SS_CAP_BATTERY,
+       .request_status = steelseries_arctis_nova_request_status,
+       .parse_status = steelseries_arctis_nova_7_parse_status,
+};
+
 /*
  * Headset wireless status and battery infrastructure
  */
@@ -599,6 +616,10 @@ static const struct hid_device_id steelseries_arctis_devices[] = {
        { HID_USB_DEVICE(USB_VENDOR_ID_STEELSERIES,
                         USB_DEVICE_ID_STEELSERIES_ARCTIS_9),
          .driver_data = (unsigned long)&arctis_9_info },
+       { /* SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7X (0x2206) */
+       HID_USB_DEVICE(USB_VENDOR_ID_STEELSERIES,
+                        USB_DEVICE_ID_STEELSERIES_ARCTIS_NOVA_7_X),
+         .driver_data = (unsigned long)&arctis_nova_7_info },
        { HID_USB_DEVICE(USB_VENDOR_ID_STEELSERIES,
                         USB_DEVICE_ID_STEELSERIES_ARCTIS_NOVA_7_2026),
          .driver_data = (unsigned long)&arctis_nova_7_gen2_info },