1 download linux-x.x.x.tar.bz2 from kernel.org, unpack under
  /usr/src/, (optionally) symlink to /usr/src/linux

2 for each separatetely distributed kernel module (e.g. alsa, nvidia
  driver, lirc):

  2.1 apt-get install <module>-source

  2.2 (installs to /usr/src/<module>.tar.gz)

  2.3 cd /usr/src/

  2.4 tar xzf <module>.tar.gz

  2.5 (ends up in /usr/src/modules/<module>/*)

3 cd /usr/src/linux

4 make menuconfig

5 configure...

6 if necessary: "make-kpkg modules_clean" to clean the src/modules
  directory (see above) of stale object files from previous builds.

7 make-kpkg --us --uc buildpackage modules_image

  additional option "--added-patches foo" adds patch in
  kernel-patches/all/<kernelversion>/apply/foo. For the debian kernel
  patches, foo=debian. More than one foo can be provided by seperating
  them with commas.

  TODO: decipher make-kpkg manpage documentation for --added-patches
  :\


8 (creates ../kernel-{image,source,headers,doc}-x.x.x....deb as well
  as a deb for each module unpacked above, name like
  <module>-<kernelversion>.deb

9 cd ..

10 dpkg -i <just created packages>



To use a different gcc when compiling, use

MAKEFLAGS="CC=gcc-2.95" make-kpgg ...

(see manpage for make-kpkg)




if make-kppg doesn't do anything, maybe rm stamp* in the source
directory or, as a last resort, rm -rf stamp* debian  will help.