[PATCH v3 06/18] HID: steelseries: Add ALSA sound card infrastructure

From: Sriman Achanta

Date: Fri Feb 27 2026 - 18:51:35 EST


Register an ALSA sound card for each supported Arctis headset to expose
headset-specific audio controls to userspace. The card is created in
steelseries_snd_register() and freed in steelseries_snd_unregister(),
both guarded by a module compatibility check so that registration only
occurs when both SND and HID_STEELSERIES are built-in or are both
modules, avoiding a dependency mismatch.

The Kconfig entry is updated to add SND as a dependency. Subsequent
commits build on this infrastructure to register mixer controls.

Signed-off-by: Sriman Achanta <srimanachanta@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hid/Kconfig | 2 +-
drivers/hid/hid-steelseries.c | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hid/Kconfig b/drivers/hid/Kconfig
index 29f05d4b7e30..fcdb5406159a 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/hid/Kconfig
@@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ config STEAM_FF

config HID_STEELSERIES
tristate "Steelseries devices support"
- depends on USB_HID
+ depends on USB_HID && SND
help
Support for Steelseries SRW-S1 steering wheel, and the Steelseries
Arctis headset family (Arctis 1, Arctis 7, Arctis 7+, Arctis 9,
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-steelseries.c b/drivers/hid/hid-steelseries.c
index d8ece8449255..b7f932cde98d 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-steelseries.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-steelseries.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
#include <linux/power_supply.h>
#include <linux/workqueue.h>
#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <sound/core.h>

#include "hid-ids.h"

@@ -50,6 +51,8 @@ struct steelseries_device {
u8 battery_capacity;
bool battery_charging;

+ struct snd_card *card;
+
spinlock_t lock;
bool removed;
};
@@ -830,6 +833,43 @@ static int steelseries_battery_register(struct steelseries_device *sd)
return 0;
}

+#if IS_BUILTIN(CONFIG_SND) || \
+ (IS_MODULE(CONFIG_SND) && IS_MODULE(CONFIG_HID_STEELSERIES))
+
+static int steelseries_snd_register(struct steelseries_device *sd)
+{
+ struct hid_device *hdev = sd->hdev;
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = snd_card_new(&hdev->dev, -1, "SteelSeries", THIS_MODULE,
+ 0, &sd->card);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ sd->card->private_data = sd;
+ strscpy(sd->card->driver, "SteelSeries");
+ strscpy(sd->card->shortname, hdev->name);
+ snprintf(sd->card->longname, sizeof(sd->card->longname),
+ "%s at USB %s", hdev->name, dev_name(&hdev->dev));
+
+ ret = snd_card_register(sd->card);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ snd_card_free(sd->card);
+ sd->card = NULL;
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void steelseries_snd_unregister(struct steelseries_device *sd)
+{
+ if (sd->card)
+ snd_card_free(sd->card);
+}
+
+#endif
+
static int steelseries_raw_event(struct hid_device *hdev,
struct hid_report *report, u8 *data, int size)
{
@@ -975,6 +1015,13 @@ static int steelseries_probe(struct hid_device *hdev,
hid_warn(hdev, "Failed to register battery: %d\n", ret);
}

+#if IS_BUILTIN(CONFIG_SND) || \
+ (IS_MODULE(CONFIG_SND) && IS_MODULE(CONFIG_HID_STEELSERIES))
+ ret = steelseries_snd_register(sd);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ hid_warn(hdev, "Failed to register sound card: %d\n", ret);
+#endif
+
INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&sd->status_work, steelseries_status_timer_work_handler);
schedule_delayed_work(&sd->status_work, msecs_to_jiffies(100));

@@ -1048,6 +1095,11 @@ static void steelseries_remove(struct hid_device *hdev)
hid_set_drvdata(sibling, NULL);
}

+#if IS_BUILTIN(CONFIG_SND) || \
+ (IS_MODULE(CONFIG_SND) && IS_MODULE(CONFIG_HID_STEELSERIES))
+ steelseries_snd_unregister(sd);
+#endif
+
spin_lock_irqsave(&sd->lock, flags);
sd->removed = true;
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sd->lock, flags);
--
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