In January, via two separate orders, I received two MCF8316 EVMs within a couple days of each other.
I subsequently learned some EVMs were released with pre-production devices (see below):
Others were production parts (see below):
You need a different GUI for the preproduction devices https://dev.ti.com/gallery/view/BLDC/MCF8316A_GUI/ver/1.0.1/.
Production parts work with https://dev.ti.com/gallery/view/BLDC/MCF8316A_GUI/ver/1.1.5/.