Rename selective-build ROOT_OPS to SELECT_OPS_LIST

[sankalpsthakur]

Summary

• Renames the gen_selected_ops CMake keyword ROOT_OPS to SELECT_OPS_LIST to match the existing EXECUTORCH_SELECT_OPS_LIST cache option.
• Renames the matching gen_oplist CLI/API from --root_ops / root_ops to --select_ops_list / select_ops_list.
• Updates call sites, docs, Buck shim, Zephyr samples, and unit test names accordingly.
• Clean rename (no deprecation alias): the codebase does not already pattern cmake-option deprecation for this path.

Notes

• Pre-existing: gen_oplist.py still prints the ops list to stdout (was print(root_ops)); left untouched to keep this PR rename-only.

Validation

• Repo-wide search confirms no remaining ROOT_OPS / --root_ops / root_ops references outside third-party.
• ast.parse syntax check on codegen/tools/gen_oplist.py and codegen/tools/test/test_gen_oplist.py.
• Full pytest for test_gen_oplist.py not run locally (requires ExecuTorch/torch install).

Fixes #12133

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[sankalpsthakur]

Thanks @nil-is-all — Meta CLA is signed (check green). EasyCLA is still showing unauthorized; I’m sorting that and pushed a lintrunner format fix for the SELECT_OPS_LIST call sites.

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Thanks @nil-is-all — Meta CLA is signed (check green). EasyCLA is still showing unauthorized; I’m sorting that and pushed a lintrunner format fix for the SELECT_OPS_LIST call sites.

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[sankalpsthakur]

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[digantdesai]

Ok with the rename, do we need buck file updated as well?

[sankalpsthakur]

Yes — the Buck shim is already updated in this PR: shim_et/xplat/executorch/codegen/codegen.bzl now emits --select_ops_list= instead of --root_ops=.

[sankalpsthakur]

Already covered in this PR: shim_et/xplat/executorch/codegen/codegen.bzl:221 now emits --select_ops_list= instead of --root_ops=. The Buck macro never took a ROOT_OPS parameter (et_operator_library(..., ops=...)), and a search of 258 *.bzl, 373 BUCK, and 2 TARGETS files found no remaining ROOT_OPS / --root_ops.

[sankalpsthakur]

found 3 more ROOT_OPS references in .wiki/ examples that survived the rename, updated to SELECT_OPS_LIST. left the arduino README alone, its ROOT_OPS is a distinct shell var in build_arduino_library.sh, not the cmake arg.