Remove vendoring and update tools for Go 1.25 compatibility

[chandramerla]

Fixes #147

• Removes usage of go mod vendor from the Makefile and github workflows
• Aligns hack/tools with the repository Go version
• Updates tooling dependencies to build correctly with Go 1.25
• Changed contextual logging as pre-existing contextual logging violations
  surfaced by newer tooling

Verified by running:

• make build
• make generate
• make test

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[marosset]

Please suggest if I should do log updates in separate PR:

I think it should be fine to update the logs in this PR.

[marosset]

@chandramerla - Can you remove the explicit go mod vendor calls from the github actions workflows in https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/dra-example-driver/tree/main/.github/workflows as part of this PR?

[chandramerla]

@chandramerla - Can you remove the explicit go mod vendor calls from the github actions workflows in https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/dra-example-driver/tree/main/.github/workflows as part of this PR?

Done

[chandramerla]

Please suggest if I should do log updates in separate PR:

I think it should be fine to update the logs in this PR.

Thanks for the suggestion. I've add it here in this PR as a separate commit.

[chandramerla]

@marosset Thanks Mark for the review. I've addressed your comments and push the changes.

[marosset]

/ok-to-test