I just noticed the dm816x.dtsi says: ocp { compatible = "ti,omap3-l3-smx", "simple-bus"; This is incorrect: the DM81xx (and siblings like the AM335x) use Arteris FlexNOC for the L3 interconnect, same as omap4/5 and vayu, not SonicsMX. (In general everything on the DM81xx seems to be omap4-generation)