building a custom kernel takes a long time

[Maarten de Boer]

Hello,

I am trying to make a custom kernel 2.6.12 kernel for Breezy (I have a
working dpatch based on Ingo Molnars rt-preempt patch), and I am
following the instructions at

  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelBuildpackageDetailedHowto

specifically the "Some notes on Breezy Badger" part, and I find the
process rather hard. Following the instructions I have to rebuild the
whole kernel 3 times (in the most optimistical case that nothing goes
wrong), and I am unpatching/patching all the time, and the whole
ABINAME issue seems to complicate things excesively.

So, some questions:
Is the described method really the way to do things? Is there a Breezy
specific page on how to make a custom kernel? Will things under dapper
be the same?

Kind regards,

-- maarten