Christopher,
Yes I have read that section but it is not useful as selecting between bad/good is already the required workflow. The issue is that the documentation refers to using the packaging scripts in the debian/ subdir, which is not present and/or usable in the intermediate bisecting steps.
I'm currently testing using this workflow, please advise if it is the correct one:

make mrproper && git clean -d -f && git checkout debian
git bisect good/bad/skip
cp /boot/config-4.4.0-8-generic .config
make oldconfig
make-kpkg --rootcmd=fakeroot --append-to-version "-04-deadbeef" --initrd --us --uc kernel_image -j4
#install and test kernel

here is my current bisect log. note that I have to skip many commits as they fail to compile:

git bisect start '--' 'drivers/gpu/' 'include/drm/' 'include/uapi/drm/' 'ubuntu/i915'
# good: [463f21c6a2dcc90e06dbc2eb2341640ae5c43c28] UBUNTU: Ubuntu-4.4.0-8.23
git bisect good 463f21c6a2dcc90e06dbc2eb2341640ae5c43c28
# bad: [b8723f286caa9218ebda0c47a435d1b52b8dfaf4] UBUNTU: Ubuntu-4.4.0-9.24
git bisect bad b8723f286caa9218ebda0c47a435d1b52b8dfaf4
# good: [1cb8570bf04ab12a03c31c397a4d158f24895d9c] Linux 4.4.2
git bisect good 1cb8570bf04ab12a03c31c397a4d158f24895d9c
# skip: [19ed21af1bffa667745926f2b8b28a0505cca0be] drm: Add "prefix" parameter to drm_rect_debug_print()
git bisect skip 19ed21af1bffa667745926f2b8b28a0505cca0be
# skip: [a9b3cdd235bf966b4cddab82d61dc941a74e3a74] UBUNTU: SAUCE: Backport I915_PARAM_HAS_EXEC_SOFTPIN and EXEC_OBJECT_PINNED
git bisect skip a9b3cdd235bf966b4cddab82d61dc941a74e3a74
# skip: [8bfcd31065a60ffba9e600fafd62bbd90ff0895a] drm/atomic: Add encoder_mask to crtc_state, v3.
git bisect skip 8bfcd31065a60ffba9e600fafd62bbd90ff0895a
# skip: [693a63075524374165196137ca4b952a6afd5265] drm/i915/kbl: Add Kabylake GT4 PCI ID
git bisect skip 693a63075524374165196137ca4b952a6afd5265
# good: [34f091b3d14dadd9ef8d1f8a678656aed759fe33] UBUNTU: SAUCE: radeon: r100: Silence 'may be used uninitialized' warnings
git bisect good 34f091b3d14dadd9ef8d1f8a678656aed759fe33
# skip: [abfd1387464d2e764989d8fbaea78b0b7af89142] drm/i915: Set connector_state->connector using the helper.
git bisect skip abfd1387464d2e764989d8fbaea78b0b7af89142
# skip: [975bc60948107bce995ae5d18e0755dc5f2abf53] drm: fix potential dangling else problems in for_each_ macros
git bisect skip 975bc60948107bce995ae5d18e0755dc5f2abf53
# good: [98e1eef7fa2b711e0946d22a3c2659458582e807] drm/i915/skl: Disable coarse power gating up until F0
git bisect good 98e1eef7fa2b711e0946d22a3c2659458582e807
# skip: [1f955e92dc87f484048109bc1d434fa59221c5dd] drm/atomic: add connector mask to drm_crtc_state.
git bisect skip 1f955e92dc87f484048109bc1d434fa59221c5dd
# skip: [7d5329085d3e64b6b04a9de1c86f5074bac26cc9] drm/i915: Update connector_mask during readout, v2.
git bisect skip 7d5329085d3e64b6b04a9de1c86f5074bac26cc9
# skip: [8167675659a93004ae99d7b3aa90e1134352a836] drm: Implement drm_modeset_lock_all_ctx()
git bisect skip 8167675659a93004ae99d7b3aa90e1134352a836
# skip: [8ba5c26373f1e4341f2cbd198ddeb41644adf9b6] drm/atomic: Do not unset crtc when an encoder is stolen
git bisect skip 8ba5c26373f1e4341f2cbd198ddeb41644adf9b6
# skip: [197b480eac049b43e26cad615d2f541b5eab0238] drm/i915: Add get_eld audio component
git bisect skip 197b480eac049b43e26cad615d2f541b5eab0238
# skip: [59784e17027c76b7621c19393828dfd0aa1ffde5] UBUNTU: SAUCE: i915_bpo: Add i915_bpo_*() calls for ubuntu/i915
git bisect skip 59784e17027c76b7621c19393828dfd0aa1ffde5