If you have no wifi with the files that are currently in there, then yes.
Repalce them with the ones Adam mentioned

On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 7:56 PM, Praveen Sundar <email address hidden> wrote:

> Hello Dimitrios,
> I recently upgraded to Ubuntu Wily. I found that there's already a copy of
> hw2.1 and hw3.0 in /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174. Should I replace all the
> files?
>
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> Title:
>   Atheros Qualcomm Killer N1525 Wireless-AC [168c:003e] is not supported
>
> Status in HWE Next:
>   Triaged
> Status in HWE Next wily series:
>   Triaged
> Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
>   Fix Released
> Status in linux-firmware package in Ubuntu:
>   In Progress
> Status in linux source package in Wily:
>   New
> Status in linux-firmware source package in Wily:
>   New
>
> Bug description:
>   =========================================================
>
>   CURRENT STATUS:
>
>   Wily(15.10) could not work with and don't need Adam's dkms package 1.0
>   or 1.1
>
>   Wily(15.10) has already fixed the driver part, and the firmware part
>   is in progress.
>
>   For now, you guys could use 15.10(purge the ath10k-dkms if you tried
>   installing it), and make a copy of
>   https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-
>   firmware.git/plain/ath10k/QCA6174 into /lib/firmware/ath10k/
>
>   Those dkms deb packages will be relocated soon.
>
>   =========================================================
>
>   Card detail: Qualcomm Atheros Device [168c:003e] (rev 20)
>   Subsystem: Bigfoot Networks, Inc. Device [1a56:1525]
>
>   This is on a fully updated Ubuntu Server 14.04 installation, with the
> ubuntu-desktop environment installed. This happened in order to get the md
> raid drivers for raid0 on my system, as the desktop version doesn't support
> them.
>   ---
>   ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5
>   Architecture: amd64
>   AudioDevicesInUse:
>    USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
>    /dev/snd/controlC1:  matanis    2333 F.... pulseaudio
>    /dev/snd/controlC0:  matanis    2333 F.... pulseaudio
>   CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
>   CurrentDesktop: Unity
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
>   HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=1b192ee3-f592-43e9-bdcf-08b91c0aa9b6
>   InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-16 (3 days ago)
>   InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release
> amd64 (20140722.3)
>   IwConfig:
>    p2p1      no wireless extensions.
>
>    lo        no wireless extensions.
>   MachineType: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. GT72 2QE
>   NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
>   Package: linux (not installed)
>   ProcFB: 0 EFI VGA
>   ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-37-generic.efi.signed
> root=UUID=80998dbb-1f89-4eda-be90-25e35e1c0a90 ro
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-37.64-generic 3.13.11.7
>   RelatedPackageVersions:
>    linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-37-generic N/A
>    linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-37-generic  N/A
>    linux-firmware                             1.127.7
>   RfKill:
>
>   Tags:  trusty
>   Uname: Linux 3.13.0-37-generic x86_64
>   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>   UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
>   _MarkForUpload: True
>   dmi.bios.date: 09/15/2014
>   dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
>   dmi.bios.version: E1781IMS.10D
>   dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
>   dmi.board.name: MS-1781
>   dmi.board.vendor: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
>   dmi.board.version: REV:0.C
>   dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
>   dmi.chassis.type: 3
>   dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
>   dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
>   dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrE1781IMS.10D:bd09/15/2014:svnMicro-StarInternationalCo.,Ltd.:pnGT722QE:pvrREV0.C:rvnMicro-StarInternationalCo.,Ltd.:rnMS-1781:rvrREV0.C:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
>   dmi.product.name: GT72 2QE
>   dmi.product.version: REV:0.C
>   dmi.sys.vendor: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
>
>   Qualcomm Atheros Device [168c:003e] (rev 20)
>
>   mainline commit d63955b33b3bee45d784ffdfafeb93076c765660
>
>   [    6.221281] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: pci irq msi interrupts 1
> irq_mode 0 reset_mode 0
>   [    6.417386] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for
> ath10k/cal-pci-0000:02:00.0.bin failed with error -2
>   [    6.417404] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for
> ath10k/QCA6174/hw2.1/board-pci-168c:003e:17aa:3044.bin failed with error -2
>   [    6.417407] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: failed to load spec board file,
> falling back to generic: -2
>   [    6.417416] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for
> ath10k/QCA6174/hw2.1/board.bin failed with error -2
>   [    6.417418] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: failed to fetch generic board
> data: -2
>   [    6.417420] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: failed to fetch board file: -2
>   [    6.417421] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: could not fetch firmware files
> (-2)
>   [    6.417423] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: could not probe fw (-2)
>
>   failed to find it in https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware or
>   https://github.com/sumdog/ath10k-firmware
>
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