Adding Timo explicitly who said in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux- firmware/+bug/1624164/comments/5 that kbl_dmc is optional and for power saving, but skl_guc_ver6 is actually needed on Skylake. Skylake devices are what we have and which don't properly work without the firmware.
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