9852 enable ld(1) guidance and deflib assertions for the illumos build

@@ -96,14 +96,12 @@
 #       If you have any special case that general
 #       Makefile rules don't serve for you, just do
 #       it yourself.
 #
 #       The amd64 version of this object has the .eh_frame section tagged
-#       as SHT_PROGBITS, while the ABI requires SHT_AMD64_UNWIND. The Solaris
-#       ld enforces this, so use elfedit to bring the object in line with
-#       this requirement.
+#       as SHT_PROGBITS. Historically ld did not support this and instead we
+#       used elfedit to transform it. The reason why we don't have the source to
+#       this and instead a uuencoded .o is all together another mystery.
 #
 ATHEROS_HAL=$(UTSBASE)/common/io/ath/hal_x86_$(CLASS).o.uu
 $(OBJS_DIR)/hal.o:     $(ATHEROS_HAL)
         uudecode -o $@ $(ATHEROS_HAL)
-        if [ `elfedit -r -e 'ehdr:e_machine' $@` = EM_AMD64 ]; \
-                then elfedit -e 'shdr:sh_type .eh_frame SHT_AMD64_UNWIND' $@; fi