Add manpages describing various vfs and vm APIs.

Submitted by: Chad David <davidc@acns.ab.ca>

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+.\"
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+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd November 21, 2001
+.Dt VFS_TIMESTAMP 9
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm vfs_timestamp
+.Nd "generate current timestamp"
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In sys/param.h
+.Ft void
+.Fn vfs_timespec "struct timespec *tsp"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn vfs_timespec
+function fills in
+.Fa tsp
+with the current time.
+.Pp
+The precision is based on the value of the
+.Dv vfs.timestamp_precision
+sysctl variable:
+.Bd -literal
+    0 = seconds only; nanoseconds are zeroed.
+    1 = seconds and nanoseconds, accurate within 1/HZ.
+    2 = seconds and nanoseconds, trucated to microseconds.
+  >=3 = seconds and nanoseconds, maximum precision.
+.Ed
+.Sh AUTHORS
+This man page was written by
+.An Chad David Aq davidc@acns.ab.ca .