Debian way of compiling a kernel.

[Dan Serban <dserban@lodgingcompany.com>]

Ages ago, when amd64 wasn't part of the debian collection, I used to
compile kernels myself using make-kpkg.  This worked wonderfully, when I
had to debug driver patches etc.  (all is now of course stable).

Since then I've forgotten this process, but this is not my problem.  I
wanted to test a fixed DSDT acpi table against a motherboard I am having
flaky io issues with, I know the kernel is intended to handle these
problems but I did want to see if it helped.

When I hit the wiki page, I was surprised to see the procedure of building
a debian kernel, nothing I have done before to handle building a slightly
modified deb kernel.

I ask.  What is the "real" ... "accepted" ... and "suggested" method that I
follow, I don't understand why kernel-package looks deprecated, or what
have you, but any information would be appreciated.

Thank you.