Hi I'm really happy, it works at the end....the solution: mem_pdc_call(IODC_IO, PDC_IO_RESET_AND_CLEAR... I've succeded to initialised the device, now next step, read and write on this device (but I think it should be easy). I keep you aware asap. Many thanks to Grant Grundler. By -- Vidal Bruno, (770-4271) SSD-HA Team, HP-UX & LINUX Support bruno_vidal@admin.france.hp.com