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broadcom-wl build failure with linux 6.13

Description:

broadcom-wl-dkms fails to build with linux 6.13 due to the removal of the unused header include/net/lib80211.h.

Additional info:

Steps to reproduce:

pacman -S broadcom-wl-dkms
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Package (1)             New Version      Net Change  Download Size

extra/broadcom-wl-dkms  6.30.223.271-38    7.62 MiB       1.65 MiB

Total Download Size:   1.65 MiB
Total Installed Size:  7.62 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
:: Retrieving packages...
 broadcom-wl-dkms-6.30.223.271-38-x86_64 downloading...
checking keyring...
checking package integrity...
loading package files...
checking for file conflicts...
:: Processing package changes...
installing broadcom-wl-dkms...

Unload and load kernel modules (wl is provided by broadcom-wl-dkms):

  rmmod b43 b43legacy bcm43xx bcma brcm80211 brcmfmac brcmsmac ssb tg3 wl
  modprobe wl

:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/3) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
(2/3) Install DKMS modules
==> dkms install --no-depmod broadcom-wl/6.30.223.271 -k 6.13.0-arch1-2

Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.13.0-arch1-2 (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-wl/6.30.223.271/build/make.log for more information.
==> WARNING: `dkms install --no-depmod broadcom-wl/6.30.223.271 -k 6.13.0-arch1-2' exited 10
(3/3) Updating linux initcpios...
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'default'
==> Using default configuration file: '/etc/mkinitcpio.conf'
  -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img
==> Starting build: '6.13.0-arch1-2'
  -> Running build hook: [base]
  -> Running build hook: [udev]
  -> Running build hook: [autodetect]
  -> Running build hook: [microcode]
  -> Running build hook: [modconf]
  -> Running build hook: [kms]
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'nouveau'
  -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
  -> Running build hook: [keymap]
  -> Running build hook: [consolefont]
==> WARNING: consolefont: no font found in configuration
  -> Running build hook: [block]
  -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
  -> Running build hook: [fsck]
==> Generating module dependencies
==> Creating zstd-compressed initcpio image: '/boot/initramfs-linux.img'
  -> Early uncompressed CPIO image generation successful
==> Initcpio image generation successful
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'fallback'
==> Using default configuration file: '/etc/mkinitcpio.conf'
  -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img -S autodetect
==> Starting build: '6.13.0-arch1-2'
  -> Running build hook: [base]
  -> Running build hook: [udev]
  -> Running build hook: [microcode]
  -> Running build hook: [modconf]
  -> Running build hook: [kms]
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'ast'
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'i915'
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'xe'
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'radeon'
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'nouveau'
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'amdgpu'
  -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'xhci_pci_renesas'
  -> Running build hook: [keymap]
  -> Running build hook: [consolefont]
==> WARNING: consolefont: no font found in configuration
  -> Running build hook: [block]
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'wd719x'
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'cxgb4'
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'cxgb3'
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'csiostor'
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qed'
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'bfa'
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'aic94xx'
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qla2xxx'
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qla1280'
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'advansys'
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'isci'
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'ums_eneub6250'
  -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
  -> Running build hook: [fsck]
==> Generating module dependencies
==> Creating zstd-compressed initcpio image: '/boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img'
  -> Early uncompressed CPIO image generation successful
==> Initcpio image generation successful
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