Hi,
on DEVKIT-MPC5744P revE LINFlexD_0 using pins PB2/PB3 is connected to K20 MCU which serves as serial-to-USB module on the board. So LINFlexD_0 need to be selected in uart_pal component and PB2/PB3 pins configured in pin_mux component. But it is done in demo code.
BR, Petr