Linux supports some kernel options of USB flash drives

Device Drivers
--- SCSI Device Support
<*> SCSI disk support
<*> SCSI generic support

Device Drivers
--- USB support
<*> Ohci hcd support
<*> USB Mass Storage support
[*] USB Mass Storage write-protected media detection (experimental)
[*] Freecom USB/atapi Bridge Support
[*] Hp cd-writer 82xx support (experimental)
[*] SanDisk SDDR-09 (and other smartmedia) Support (experimental)
[*] Lexar jumpshot compact flash reader (experimental)
[*] USB Mass Storage write-protected media detection (experimental)

File System
--- DOS/fat/NT filesystems
<*> Msdos FS Support
<*> Vfat (Windows-95) FS Support
(936) default codePage for fat
(Gb2312) default iocharset for fat

File System
-- partition types
[*] pc bios (msdos partition tables) support