---
name: "nvmf_hostid_generate"
section: "2"
platform: "linux"
package: "libnvme-dev"
version: "1.13-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/nvmf_hostid_generate"
---

# nvmf\_hostid\_generate(2)

Generate a machine specific host identifier

## NAME

nvmf\_hostid\_generate - Generate a machine specific host identifier

## SYNOPSIS

**char \* nvmf\_hostid\_generate**

## ARGUMENTS

## RETURN

On success, an identifier string based on the machine identifier to be used as NVMe Host Identifier, or NULL on failure.