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I got it working as described in this thread: http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/ath10k/2015-April/004958.html
Using xubuntu (14.10 upgraded  to 15.04) Anyway distro shouldn't be much different. Basically to make it working you need to do (what i did):

1. Get the windows drivers from your notebook manufacturer, in my case MSI GS60. http://download.msi.com/nb_drivers/lan/KillerSuite_1.1.49.1068_Win7_Win81-MSI.zip
2. Get the needed phyton scripts to extract windows firmware:
dissect.py https://gist.github.com/kazikcz/8e5845ad84ca251aa295
assemble.py https://gist.github.com/kazikcz/c970cbf3a863ebbc4495
3. Get kvalo's kernel tree from https://github.com/kvalo/ath

4. Unpack Killer suite and run the following commands: (run commands as root , sudo / sudo su)
python dissect.py < drivers/Production/Windows8.1-x64/k1525w81/qca61x420.bin
mkdir /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw2.1
python assemble.py killer-n1525-fw 0 fw-2.bin fw-1.bin 4 > /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw2.1/firmware-4.bin
cp drivers/Production/Windows8.1-x64/k1525w81/eeprom_qca9377_1p0_NFA435_olpc.bin /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw2.1/board.bin

5. Unpack kvalo's kernel and compile it with:

sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev gcc make git exuberant-ctags

To simplify things copy your current kernel config to ath-master root folder:
cp /boot/config-`uname -r`* .config
you can configure if you want with: (not needed)
make menuconfig
then compile with: (where X is the number of cores of you processor, i used 6)
make -jX
# then take a coffee or even better a cold beer, anyway it just took about 20 minutes for me.

6. Install the new kernel:
sudo make modules_install install

7. Create config file with:
nano /etc/modprobe.d/ath10k.conf
Write to it:
options ath10k_core skip_otp=y

8. Reboot using your new kernel 4.x.x-wl-ath

9. Run ifconfig

10. Voila wlan0 should be there waiting for you, now try to connect to
you AP.

If its not working try to check if you missed something, check log file
(/var/log/dmesg) for more details of what failed.

Give thanks to the guys who made this possible for me:
http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/ath10k

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Title:
  Atheros Qualcomm Killer N1525 Wireless-AC [168c:003e] not supported

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  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.

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