Is RouterOS a real-time system?

RouterOS General
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Is RouterOS a real-time system?
Would its performance be better?

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What is your definition of real-time? And “real-time system” specifically?

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Does the Linux kernel have real-time patches? Will there be lower latency?

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What lower latency are you comparing it to, exactly?

There are specialized appliances with userspace networking built using DPDK and similar libraries, if that’s what you’re referring to..

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RouterOS use kernel 5.x, so not PREEMPT_RT patch at all.

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There were some patches for kernel 5.15, but I don't understand why such support in ROS?