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doc: mention driver and resource binding in getting_started
Signed-off-by: Leonardo Mörlein <[email protected]>
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doc/getting_started.rst

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@@ -130,8 +130,14 @@ and ``password`` of the ShellDriver driver in the environment file ``local.yaml`
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login_prompt: ' login: '
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username: 'root'
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More information about the environment configuration file can be found
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:ref:`here <environment-configuration>`.
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For, now it is sufficient to know that labgrid tries to "bind" appropriate drivers
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and resources to each other automatically if possible. The ``ShellDriver`` will use
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the ``SerialDriver`` to connect to the ``RawSerialPort`` resource. If an automatic
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binding is not possible due to ambiguity, the bindings can also be specified
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explicitly.
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More information about this and the environment configuration file in general can
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be found :ref:`here <environment-configuration>`.
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You can check which device name gets assigned to your USB-Serial converter by
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unplugging the converter, running ``dmesg -w`` and plugging it back in. Boot up

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