If a white dwarf can't have a mass greater than 1.4 solar masses,?

Question: how can a star of as much as 8 solar masses end up as a white dwarf?

Answer:
Tons of mass from the star is ejected into space during the supernova, which would account for most of the missing mass in an 8 solar mass star turning into a white dwarf.

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