----- "Adam Williamson" <awilliamson@(protected) :

> On Tue, 2008-06-03 at 19:22 +0200, "S. Teletchéa" wrote:
>
> > Pay attention that on some VIA-related motherboards (and may be
> other
> > chipset makers), having the USB port with more than the 550mA will
> lead
> > to a complete lock up of the system (this happened all the time with
> USB
> > xDSL modems in France for instance). If you want this to be
> automatic,
> > why not, but a proper warning should be available (added to the udev
>
> > rule / release notes ...). The only solution to this problem is an
> > external USB hub ...
>
> Oh, fun :\ do you really mean "more than" 550mA, though? If so, it's
> no
> problem, as Blackberries draw *exactly* 550mA.

More than 500mA :-(

This seems to be the standard delivered by USB ports. But don't be that scared it may not be problematic, just keep this in mind if people have lockups :-)

> --
> adamw

Stéphane