How do I enable the aesni_intel module in RHEL 8?

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Issue

When comparing a RHEL-7 build vs a RHEL-8 build, the aesni_intel module is not found in the /proc/crypto directory as it is in RHEL-7

[root@mymachine ~]# uname -a
Linux mymachine 3.10.0-1160.el7_9.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Jan 17 07:06:06 EST 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux


[root@mymachine ~]# cat /proc/crypto | grep module | grep -v kernel | sort | uniq
module       : aesni_intel  < - - - 
module       : crc32c_intel
module       : crc32_pclmul
module       : crct10dif_generic
module       : crct10dif_pclmul
module       : cryptd
module       : ghash_clmulni_intel


[root@mymachine ~]# uname -a
Linux mymachine 4.18.0-348.12.2.el8_5.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Jan 17 07:06:12 EST 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[root@mymachine ~]# cat /proc/crypto | grep module | grep -v kernel | sort | uniq
module       : ansi_cprng
module       : ccm
module       : cmac
module       : crc32c_intel
module       : crc32_pclmul
module       : crct10dif_pclmul
module       : des3_ede_x86_64
module       : des_generic
module       : dh_generic
module       : ecdh_generic
module       : ghash_clmulni_intel
module       : sha3_generic
[root@mymachine ~]#

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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