I'm working with uV3 and AT91SAM7S256. After configuring the PDC and USART0 in this way:
AT91F_PDC_SetRx( (AT91PS_PDC) &(pUSART->US_RPR), RxBuf0, 5); AT91F_PDC_SetNextRx( (AT91PS_PDC) &(pUSART->US_RPR), RxBuf1, 5); AT91F_US_EnableIt(pUSART, AT91C_US_ENDRX);