Merge pull request #1989 from marquiz/devel/drop-protobuf

Drop protobuf definitions and protobuf code generation

Dockerfile_generator

@@ -5,18 +5,7 @@ FROM ${BUILDER_IMAGE} as builder
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/go/pkg/mod/ \
     go install github.com/vektra/mockery/v2@v2.42.0 && \
     go install sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/cmd/controller-gen@v0.16.3 && \
-    go install golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports@v0.25.0 && \
-    go install github.com/golang/protobuf/protoc-gen-go@v1.4.3
-
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install unzip
-
-RUN curl -LO https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v25.3/protoc-25.3-linux-x86_64.zip && \
-    unzip protoc-25.3-linux-x86_64.zip -d /usr/local && \
-    rm protoc-25.3-linux-x86_64.zip && \
-    chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/protoc && \
-    find /usr/local -type d | xargs chmod 755 && \
-    find /usr/local -type f | xargs chmod a+r
-
+    go install golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports@v0.25.0
 
 # Expect to be working with nfd
 WORKDIR /go/node-feature-discovery