Add manual pages for the vm_map(9) part of the VM.

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+.\"
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+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd July 19, 2003
+.Dt vm_map_madvise 9
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm vm_map_madvise
+.Nd apply advice about use of memory to map entries
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In sys/param.h
+.In vm/vm.h
+.In vm/vm_map.h
+.Ft int
+.Fn vm_map_madvise "vm_map_t map" "vm_offset_t start" "vm_offset_t end" "int behav"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn vm_map_madvise
+function applies the flags
+.Fa behav
+to the entries within
+.Fa map
+between
+.Fa start
+and
+.Fa end .
+.Pp
+Advisories are classified as either those affecting the
+.Dv vm_map_entry
+structure, or those affecting the underlying objects.
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn vm_map_madvise
+function is used by the
+.Fn madvise
+system call.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+The
+.Fn vm_map_madvise
+function returns 0 if successful.
+If the
+.Fa behav
+argument was not recognised,
+.Dv KERN_INVALID_ARGUMENT
+is returned.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr madvise 2 ,
+.Xr vm_map 9
+.Sh AUTHORS
+This man page was written by
+.An Bruce M Simpson Aq bms@spc.org .