Document some of the kernel vm_page API as well as the pbuf API.

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

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+.\"
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+.\" $FreeBSD$
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+.Dd July 13, 2001
+.Dt VM_PAGE_LOOKUP 9
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm vm_page_lookup
+.Nd "lookup a vm page"
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In sys/param.h
+.In vm/vm.h
+.In vm/vm_page.h
+.Ft vm_page_t
+.Fn vm_page_lookup "vm_object_t object" "vm_pindex_t pindex"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn vm_page_lookup
+function searches for a VM page given its VM object and index.
+If the page is not found,
+.Dv NULL
+is returned.
+Its arguments are:
+.Bl -tag -width ".Fa object"
+.It Fa object
+The VM object to search on.
+.It Fa pindex
+The page index to search on.
+.El
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+A
+.Vt vm_page_t
+is returned if successful; otherwise,
+.Dv NULL
+is returned.
+.Sh AUTHORS
+This man page was written by
+.An Chad David Aq davidc@acns.ab.ca .