[Samba] smbmount discontinued?

[Thiago Lima]

    In a past thread I've notice that smbmount (and mount's suport for
it) will be discontinued and smbclient should be used insted.
 
    Sorry if the question is too lame but I use it in some of my systems
now and I think I'll have trouble porting then to smbclient.
 
    Is smbmount been removed because it relays on kernel smb support?
Samba will not need smb support in kernel in the future?
 
    Can anyone give me a brief ( or maybe a full explanation? :)) 
 
 
regards
thiago.