--- title: Linux Driver Being Worked On For Pulsar Gaming Mice description: Open-source developer Nikolas Koesling has submitted a patch proposing a new 'hid-pulsar' Linux HID driver for Pulsar wireless gaming mice. The driver exposes... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/linux-driver-being-worked-on-for-pulsar-gaming-mice-sw7fjbc48 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Linux Driver Being Worked On For Pulsar Gaming Mice | daily.dev og:description: Open-source developer Nikolas Koesling has submitted a patch proposing a new 'hid-pulsar' Linux HID driver for Pulsar wireless gaming mice. The driver exposes... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/linux-driver-being-worked-on-for-pulsar-gaming-mice-sw7fjbc48 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Sw7fjBC48.png og:image:alt: Linux Driver Being Worked On For Pulsar Gaming Mice og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Linux Driver Being Worked On For Pulsar Gaming Mice **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Open-source developer Nikolas Koesling has submitted a patch proposing a new 'hid-pulsar' Linux HID driver for Pulsar wireless gaming mice. The driver exposes features like battery level reporting, voltage, and charging status, and has been tested on models including the X2 V2, X2H, X2A, and Xlite V3. Developed without official documentation, it was reverse-engineered using a Python tool and Wireshark USB packet inspection under Windows. The patch is currently under review on the Linux kernel mailing list, with early feedback suggesting the Pulsar protocol may overlap with Kysona's, potentially leading to a merge with the existing hid-kysona driver. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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