sysfs.5: Add a description of /sys/kernel/mm/hugepages

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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This subdirectory contains various files and subdirectories that provide
information about the kernel's memory management subsystem.
.TP
.IR /sys/kernel/mm/hugepages
This subdirectory contains one subdirectory for each of the
huge page sizes that the system supports.
The subdirectory name indicates the huge page size (e.g.,
.IR hugepages-2048kB ).
Within each of these subbdirectories is a set of files
that can be used to view and (in some cases) change settings
associated with that huge page size.
For further information, see the kernel source file
.IR Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt .
.TP
.IR /sys/module
This subdirectory contains one subdirectory
for each module that is loaded into the kernel.