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 Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1635228 Title: Increase number of loopback devices Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Hello, As discussed today in the sprint in The Hague, the number of available loopback devices limits the number of snaps that may be installed on a given system. Would it be possible to increase the number of loopback devices to at least 4096 or 8192, so that we can increase the number of snaps that may be installed? Thank you. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1635228/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
