Package: kernel-package Version: 13.018 /usr/share/doc/kernel-package/README.gz says:
The packages suggested are:
devel: gcc, libc5-dev/libc6-dev, binutils, make, and, for intel
x86 platforms, bin86 (non-Intel platforms don't need
this), modutils (or module-init-tools for 2.5.x+ kernels).
IIUC, module-init-tools was replaced by a package called "kmod" some
time ago.
