rtl88x2bu fails to build under kernel v6.15 (latest)

Nixpkgs version

• Stable (25.05)

Describe the bug

there are build failures related to missing headers. in general, it seems like the source being pulled in currently is no longer updated.

I was able to get an updated source working

direct link to the source: https://github.com/RinCat/RTL88x2BU-Linux-Driver/

I'll leave this here for now and I'll get around to submitting a pull soon. this package is pretty unused and doesn't seem to have been updated in a while.

Build Failures

error: builder for '/nix/store/lqabfcq6cgrm7y3apabsf02p91v4701w-rtl88x2bu-6.15.3-unstable-2024-06-09.drv' failed with exit code 2;
       last 25 log lines:
       >       |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
       > compilation terminated.
       > make[4]: *** [/nix/store/n32dknw7cdi01yaa4hbxcz3xfw0wh1ri-linux-6.15.3-dev/lib/modules/6.15.3/source/scripts/Makefile.build:203: core/rtw_wlan_util.o] Error 1
       > make[4]: *** [/nix/store/n32dknw7cdi01yaa4hbxcz3xfw0wh1ri-linux-6.15.3-dev/lib/modules/6.15.3/source/scripts/Makefile.build:203: core/rtw_vht.o] Error 1
       > core/rtw_pwrctrl.c:17:10: fatal error: drv_types.h: No such file or directory
       >    17 | #include <drv_types.h>
       >       |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
       > compilation terminated.
       > make[4]: *** [/nix/store/n32dknw7cdi01yaa4hbxcz3xfw0wh1ri-linux-6.15.3-dev/lib/modules/6.15.3/source/scripts/Makefile.build:203: core/rtw_pwrctrl.o] Error 1
       > core/rtw_rf.c:17:10: fatal error: drv_types.h: No such file or directory
       >    17 | #include <drv_types.h>
       >       |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
       > compilation terminated.
       > core/rtw_chplan.c:17:10: fatal error: drv_types.h: No such file or directory
       >    17 | #include <drv_types.h>
       >       |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
       > compilation terminated.
       > make[4]: *** [/nix/store/n32dknw7cdi01yaa4hbxcz3xfw0wh1ri-linux-6.15.3-dev/lib/modules/6.15.3/source/scripts/Makefile.build:203: core/rtw_rf.o] Error 1
       > make[4]: *** [/nix/store/n32dknw7cdi01yaa4hbxcz3xfw0wh1ri-linux-6.15.3-dev/lib/modules/6.15.3/source/scripts/Makefile.build:203: core/rtw_chplan.o] Error 1
       > make[3]: *** [/nix/store/n32dknw7cdi01yaa4hbxcz3xfw0wh1ri-linux-6.15.3-dev/lib/modules/6.15.3/source/Makefile:2003: .] Error 2
       > make[2]: *** [/nix/store/n32dknw7cdi01yaa4hbxcz3xfw0wh1ri-linux-6.15.3-dev/lib/modules/6.15.3/source/Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2
       > make[2]: Leaving directory '/build/source'
       > make[1]: *** [/nix/store/n32dknw7cdi01yaa4hbxcz3xfw0wh1ri-linux-6.15.3-dev/lib/modules/6.15.3/source/Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2
       > make[1]: Leaving directory '/nix/store/n32dknw7cdi01yaa4hbxcz3xfw0wh1ri-linux-6.15.3-dev/lib/modules/6.15.3/build'
       > make: *** [Makefile:2527: modules] Error 2
       For full logs, run:
         nix log /nix/store/lqabfcq6cgrm7y3apabsf02p91v4701w-rtl88x2bu-6.15.3-unstable-2024-06-09.drv

Steps to reproduce

attempt to use config.boot.kernelPackages.rtl88x2bu with linuxPackages_lastest, observe build failures.

Expected behaviour

builds and kernel mod is added

System metadata

 - system: `"x86_64-linux"`
 - host os: `Linux 6.15.3, NixOS, 25.05 (Warbler), 25.05.20250620.b2485d5`
 - multi-user?: `yes`
 - sandbox: `yes`
 - version: `nix-env (Nix) 2.28.3`
 - nixpkgs: `/nix/store/qvzh8safmlwl7akk3ffgx1mjw8hs2w76-source`

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