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I found this note with similar kernel log like yours:
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/hardware-peripherals/195227-tl-wn722n-backtrack-5-a.html

Can you please test this workaround?

Am 27.12.2014 um 05:05 schrieb Jeremy Audet:
> Sending this again b/c of a delivery error. [9] Sorry for the possible spam.
> 
> Hi again,
> 
> When last I wrote, I stated that the issue lay with the USB cradle I'd been
> using, and I'd discarded it in favor of plugging the TL-WN722N directly in to
> my PC. I also mentioned that I'd gotten a wireless access point up and running
> for 30 minutes. Not five minutes after I sent that email, the same error I've
> described earlier occurred, and the USB wireless adapter was demoted to
> full-speed mode.
> 
> This is bothersome, so in an effort to rule out sources of error, I ran a series
> of simple tests, all having this structure:
> 
> 1. Start logging out kernel messages with the `journalctl -k --follow -n 0`
>    command.
> 2. Plug a TP-LINK TL-WN722N wireless adapter directly in to a USB port.
> 3. Turn on the adapter with the `ip link set dev $device up` command.
> 4. Wait for an error.
> 5. Stop collecting logging output. (Send CTRL-C to `journalctl`.)
> 6. Unplug TL-WN722N.
> 
> Here's the purpose of the above:
> 
> * It is possible that a specific USB port or ports on my motherboard are flaky.
>   To help rule this out, run the test with three different USB ports on my
>   motherboard. Two of the ports are built directly in to the back panel of the
>   motherboard, and the third connects to header pins on the motherboard.
> * It is possible that the specific TL-WN722N I am using is flaky. To help rule
>   this out, run the test with a second TL-WN722N. [1, 2]
> 
> Notably, I am also using the `htc_9271.fw` firmware file available at
> https://github.com/olerem/ath9k-htc-firmware-blob for this test. As a refresher,
> here's some other info about my system:
> 
>     $ uname -a
>     Linux pine 3.17.6-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Dec 7 23:43:32 UTC
> 2014 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>     $ ip -V
>     ip utility, iproute2-ss141009
> 
> And here's some output from `lsusb -v` for the old and new TL-WN722N devices:
> 
> * old: http://www.ichimonji10.name/downloads/tl-wn722n-old-lsusb.txt
> * new: http://www.ichimonji10.name/downloads/tl-wn722n-lsusb.txt
> 
> Here's the test results. Port 1, 2, and 3 are the upper back panel, lower back
> panel and header pins on the motherboard, respectively.
> 
> * Port 1, old adapter: fail [3]
> * Port 1, new adapter: fail [4]
> * Port 2, old adapter: fail [5]
> * Port 2, new adapter: fail [6]
> * Port 3, old adapter: fail [7]
> * Port 3, new adapter: fail [8]
> 
> [1] I bought a TL-WN722N several years ago, eventually stuck it in the bottom of
>     my tool kit and forgot about it until just now. I bought the two TL-WN722Ns
>     several years apart, so it is unlikely that the two adapters both suffer
>     from e.g. a manufacturing defect. They were bought on 2014-11-10 and
>     2012-09-25.
> [2] lsusb -v: http://www.ichimonji10.name/downloads/tl-wn722n-old-lsusb.txt
> [3] http://www.ichimonji10.name/downloads/2014-12-26-p1-old.txt
> [4] http://www.ichimonji10.name/downloads/2014-12-26-p1-new.txt
> [5] http://www.ichimonji10.name/downloads/2014-12-26-p2-old.txt
> [6] http://www.ichimonji10.name/downloads/2014-12-26-p2-new.txt
> [7] http://www.ichimonji10.name/downloads/2014-12-26-p3-old.txt
> [8] http://www.ichimonji10.name/downloads/2014-12-26-p3-new.txt
> [9] Technical details of permanent failure:
> Google tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the
> server for the recipient domain vger.kernel.org by vger.kernel.org.
> [...] The error that the other server returned was: 550 5.7.1
> Content-Policy reject msg: The message contains HTML subpart,
> therefore we consider it SPAM or Outlook Virus.  TEXT/PLAIN is
> accepted.
> 


-- 
Regards,
Oleksij

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