About where the notion came from, I've heard about this potential problem pretty much since we considered using the current mount-based model of snaps. Sounds like there's a wide belief that there is such a limit, perhaps backed by actual reality:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/499131/how-to-use-more-than-255-loop- devices https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en- US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Deployment_Guide/sec- Configuring_the_Loopback_Device_Limit.html etc. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1635228 Title: Increase number of loopback devices To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1635228/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
