- v0.1 to v0.4a, 19 March 1998 to 4 August 1998, drafts, not included in the LDP
- v1.0, 14 August 1998, release to the LDP
- v1.1, 18 August 1998, added info about IrCOMM patch by Takahide Higuchi, minor changes
- v1.2, 24 August 1998, updated to
linux-irda-1998-08-20 snapshot, added FIR section and revision history, minor changes
- v1.3, 27 September 1998, added sections about multiple instances, cellular phones, digital cameras,Linux to Linux connection, the cutting edge - CVS, power saving; some changes in general configuration section, changes in hardware overview section, minor changes
- v1.4, 11 October 1998, better description of IrCOMM support, changes in dongle connection section, changes in Palm III section, minor changes
- v1.5, 12 October 1998, minor changes
- v1.6, 26 October 1998, section about IrManager added, updated to the
linux-irda-1998-10-21 snapshot, changed dongle connection section, minor changes
- v1.7, 1 November 1998, added remote control section, changed dongle connection section, minor changes
- v2.0, 9 January 1999, nearly complete rewrite and rearrangement according to the new structure of Linux/IR which is included into the kernel since 2.1.131, added info about BIOS support into dongle connection section, configuration tool section and CVS section removed
- v2.1, 13 January 1999, minor changes
- v2.2, 26 January 1999, project name changed from Linux/IR to Linux/IrDA, extended the Troubleshooting chapter, changed the order of the Known Bugs chapter after the Troubleshooting chapter, removed some lint
- v2.3, 4 February 1999, added chapter about Eye Safety written by Andreas Butz; spell checking, reworking of Kernel Parameters chapter and additional information by Andreas Butz; minor changes
- v2.4, 9 February 1999, changed information about applying a patch file