- <para><function>sd_id128_get_machine()</function>
- returns the machine ID of the executing host. This
- reads and parses the
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- file. This function caches the machine ID internally
- to make retrieving the machine ID a cheap
- operation.</para>
-
- <para><function>sd_id128_get_boot()</function> returns
- the boot ID of the executing kernel. This reads and
- parses the
- <filename>/proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id</filename>
- file exposed by the kernel. It is randomly generated
- early at boot and is unique for every running kernel
- instance. See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>random</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for more information. This function also internally
- caches the returned ID to make this call a cheap
- operation.</para>
-